Gjadër

Gjadër is a settlement in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania.

[1] With the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Lezhë.

[2] It is known for the former military air base made famous during the Cold War.

[3] According to Report of a Visit to Parts of Turkey, Bar, Albania and Serbia (written by Marin Bici, Archbishop of Antivari) Gjadër, at the time, was a village of about eighty houses, the vast majority of which were inhabited by Roman Catholics, while two or three houses were inhabited by Muslims.

[4] According to the 1890 register of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë Gjadër at that time had a population of 438 people consisting of 388 Catholics and 50 Muslims.