Petran Explained
| Type: | mu |
| Official Name: | Petran |
| County: | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality: | Përmet |
| Coordinates: | 40.2°N 44°W |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Unit: | 1622 |
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
References
- Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6371. 25 February 2022 .
- http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195823/6__gjirokaster.pdf 2011 census results
- Web site: Tour and Travel Agency in Albania | 2-Albania . 2022-07-16 . 2017-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170408100611/http://2-albania.com/ . dead .
- http://www.interreg.gr/inst/interreg/gallery/File/Programmes/Greece%20-%20Albania/Simpliroma%20Programmatismou/EN/18-12-07_Programme_Complement_GREECE%20ALBANIA.doc Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme
- Book: Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière. Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. 1967. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 9780198142539. 274–275. "I visited Lipa and found that all the inhabitants spoke Albanian as their native tongue."
- Book: Vatra e kulturës. 1969. Shtëpija Qëndrore e Krijimtarisë Popullore. 30. sq.
Sources
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