Petran

Municipal unit in Gjirokastër, Albania
40°12′N 20°24′E / 40.200°N 20.400°E / 40.200; 20.400Country AlbaniaCountyGjirokastërMunicipalityPërmetPopulation
 (2011)
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1,622Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Petran is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Përmet.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,622.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Petran, Leshnicë, Leusë, Lipë, Qilarishtë, Badilonjë, Benjë-Novoselë, Delvinë, Kaludh, Lupckë, Gjinakar (Gjinkar), Ogdunan, Isgar, Lipivan-Trabozishtë, Tremisht and Bodar. There are a couple of restaurants that look out over the Vjosa river.[3][4]

Demographics

The village of Lipë is inhabited by inhabitants whose mother tongue is Albanian.[5]

Notable people

  • Stath Melani, Orthodox priest and participant in the Congress of Manastir, from Melan.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Tour and Travel Agency in Albania | 2-Albania". Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  4. ^ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 274–275. ISBN 9780198142539. "I visited Lipa and found that all the inhabitants spoke Albanian as their native tongue."
  6. ^ Vatra e kulturës (in Albanian). Shtëpija Qëndrore e Krijimtarisë Popullore. 1969. p. 30.

Sources

  • Lauria, Antonio; Flora, Valbona; Guza, Kamela (2020). Five Albanian Villages : guidelines for a Sustainable Tourism Development through the Enhancement of the Cultural Heritage (PDF). Firenze University Press. ISBN 978-88-5518-174-7.
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Subdivisions of Përmet Municipality
Municipal Seat: Përmet
Administrative Unit of Çarçovë
  • Biovizhdë
  • Çarçovë
  • Draçovë
  • Iliar – Munushtir
  • Kanikol
  • Pëllumbar
  • Strëmbec
  • Vllaho – Psilloterë
  • Zhepë
Administrative Unit of Frashër
  • Frashër
  • Gostivisht
  • Kreshovë
  • Miçan
  • Ogren – Kostrec
  • Soropull
  • Vërçisht
  • Zavalan
Administrative Unit of PërmetAdministrative Unit of Petran
  • Badilonjë
  • Benjë – Novoselë
  • Bodar
  • Delvinë
  • Gjinakar
  • Kaludh
  • Leshnicë
  • Leusë
  • Lipë
  • Lipivan-Trabozishtë
  • Lupckë
  • Ogdunan
  • Petran
  • Qilarishtë
  • Tremisht
Administrative Unit of Qendër Piskovë
  • Alipostivan
  • Argovë
  • Borockë
  • Bual
  • Gosnisht
  • Grabovë
  • Hotovë
  • Kosinë
  • Kosovë
  • Kutal
  • Mokricë-Zleushë
  • Odriçan
  • Pacomit
  • Pagri
  • Piskovë
  • Raban
  • Rapckë

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  1. ^ www.2-albania.com