Vau i Dejës (Albanian pronunciation: [ˌvau i ˈdɛjəs]), English: Deja's Ford, is a town and a municipality in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania.

Located in the northern region of Zadrima, Vau i Dejës is intersected by the Drin and Gjadër rivers.

The villages of Vau i Dejës are Mjedë, Spathar, Shelqet, Kacë, Narac, Dush, Gomsiqe and Karmë.

The history of Vau i Dejës dates back to the old city center Deja (also known as Danja), established around the year 1127.

Deja, an Albanian medieval town, was built at the point where the Drin River leaves the highlands.

Deja was a strategic area because it was the crossing point of ancient roads connecting the east and the west.

Skanderbeg claimed the area to be delivered to League of Lezhë, which caused the fight between Albanians and Venetians.

The ruins of St. Mark's castle and the church, which dates back to the early 15th century, are still present today.

The biggest battle in the war against Venice was fought at Danja Castle and is where Leke Zaharia was killed.

With the death of Lekë Zaharia, the castle was taken by Venice, which left after military pressure from Gjergj Kastrioti - Skenderbeg.

After the Danja Castle fell, a great part of the population left for Italy (see Arbëresh people).

Located at the foot of a mountainous woodland, it is situated at the exit of a gorge between the hill of Laç with an elevation 367 m and Boka with an elevation 464 m. Through this gorge flows the Glina brook which divides the city's urban area into two visible parts until it meets the Gjadër River.

The moderately strong rocks are mostly composed of flysch from Krasta with small amounts of siliceous clay from the volcanic-sedimentary series from the Mirdita area.

Soils of these areas are not cohesively related, while the gravel brook of Gomsiqe is characterized by small stones and very little clay.

The third subgroup contains rocks with low to virtually no permeability and contains limestone, shale, clay and alevrolite content as well as the paleocene flysch-Neocene (pgl-2) and mastrikcianit (Crm2-PG2).

During the winter season, the brook's water flow increases considerably during periods of heavy rainfall and the southwestern part of the city is threatened by flooding.

Originally, Drin flowed southwest from the gorge of Vau i Dejës where it joined the Gjadër River 1.5 km below, in the field of Zadrima.

In the future, the municipality has plans to establish its own football team and create recreational spaces.

Judoists from Vau i Dejës have competed in various youth tournaments in Kosovo and Montenegro, the World Cup in Rome, the German Super cup, European Championships in Belgrade, Tournament of Italy and Niksic as well as various other international competitions.

[9] The medieval ruins of Shurdhah (also known as Vau i Dejës Castle) lie 35 km east of Shkodra along the Koman road.

Once strategically guarding the Shkodra-Kosovo road, leading up the valley to Prizren, Sarda was founded in the 6th-8th century BC.

Much of the ancient town is submerged in the artificial lake created by the Vau i Dejës hydroelectric dam.

Under communism, the main employers were the state operated hydro electric power plant and copper factory as well as agricultural cooperatives.

Other commercial activities include, a photo studio, bakery, light industrial supplies, dentistry, and various other basic services.

In the villages outside of the city center, there are small production, processing, agriculture and stock breeding activities.

[5] As noted in the table below, populations in several of the outlying villages such as Dush, Gomsiqe, and Karmë are dwindling due to lack of utilities, services, and accessibility.

Economic development of the Municipality of Vau i Dejës focusing on the revitalization of small industrial production, agricultural development and livestock in western and southern areas of the territory of the Municipality, promotion of small enterprise focused on service and trade sector as creating an attractive environment for foreign investors Improvement and consolidation of spatial structure of the city of Vau i Dejës as major urban centers in this Municipality, as well as urban areas to villages Mjedë, Kacë, and territories in Narac field, carefully addressing functional transformations in Shkodër - Pukë main road.