Balldren is a village and a former municipality in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania.

At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Lezhë.

[2] The name comes from the Albanian, which means "in front of the Drin".

In Latin and later Italian sources, the town was known by the names Blandin or Baladreni.

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