title: Kastrat (municipality)
text: # Kastrat (municipality)
  
  Kastrat is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. The population at the 2011 census was 6,883.
  
  ## Name
  
  Its name contains the Albanian suffix -at, widely used to form toponyms from personal names and surnames.
  
  ## Settlements
  
  There are 12 settlements within Kastrat, of which Bajzë maintains city status.
  
  * Marshej
  * Bajzë
  * Bratosh
  * Goraj
  * Gradec
  * Hot
  * Ivanaj
  * Jeran
  * Kastrat
  * Pjetroshan
  * Rrapshë
  * Vukpalaj
  * Rrogom
  