Petran

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]

Petran
Municipal unit
Petran
Coordinates: 40°12′N 20°24′E
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityPërmet
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
1,622
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographics

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

Notable people

References
  1. Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://www.2-albania.com
  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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "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.

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  1. www.2-albania.com
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