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Leskovik
Sign in to saveLeskovik () is a town in Korçë County, in southeastern Albania. Historically, until 2015, it was a municipality, after which it became a municipal unit of Kolonjë. Leskovik is located from Melesin mountain. The town is located close to the Greek–Albanian border. The population as of the 2023 census is 399.
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Place details
- Locality
- Leskovik
- Region
- Shqipëria Jugore
- Country
- Shqipëria
- Population
- 939
- Timezone
- Europe/Tirane
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Key facts
- Albanian settlement.name
- Leskovik
- Albanian settlement.type
- town
- Albanian settlement.image_skyline
- Leskovik.jpg
- Albanian settlement.image_caption
- Leskovik, with the Melesini Mountain in the background
- Albanian settlement.county
- Korçë
- Albanian settlement.municipality
- Kolonjë
- Albanian settlement.elevation
- 913
- Albanian settlement.population as of
- 2023
- Albanian settlement.area_unit
- 3.64
- Albanian settlement.population unit
- 939
- Albanian settlement.postal code
- 7402
- Albanian settlement.area code
- (0)871
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Albania
- Located in
- Kolonjë District
- Population
- +2655
- Elevation
- +909
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Leskovik.jpg
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Leskovik () is a town in Korçë County, in southeastern Albania. Historically, until 2015, it was a municipality, after which it became a municipal unit of Kolonjë. Leskovik is located from Melesin mountain. The town is located close to the Greek–Albanian border. The population as of the 2023 census is 399.
==Name== The name comes from the Slavic word ("hazel" or "hazel river"), together with the suffix ik(ë). The name of the town was shown as Lexovico in an 1821 map by the French writer and traveller François Pouqueville, and as Leskovik in an Ottoman document produced in 1851.