Lenie ''( rup, Stãvinerea)'' is a village and a former municipality in the

Elbasan County Elbasan County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 266,245 (2021), in an area of 3199 km². Its capital is the city Elbasan. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elbas ...

, in central

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gramsh. The population at the 2011 census was 779.2011 census results
It comprises six villages: *Shënepremte ''( rup, Stãvinerea)'', the center of the commune, also known as Lenie *Bicaj *Kuratë *Grabovë e Poshtme *

Grabovë e Sipërme Grabovë e Sipërme (also: ''Grabova''; rup, Greãva, ) is a village in Albania inhabited by Albanians Aromanians. The village is located in the former municipality of Lenie. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipalit ...

'' ( rup, Greãva, Grabuva)'' *Valth (Tarragjin)

Geography

The commune is the southeasternmost one of

. It is surrounded by mountains, whereas the stream of Grabova, flowing east to west from

Valamara The Valamara ( sq, Mali i Valamarës; rup, Valea Mari) is a mountain of the Central Mountain Range (Albania), Central Mountain Range in Southeastern Albania. Geography The mountain is roughly part of a series of mountains, extending from nort ...

mountain, into Devoll river, divides the area in two parts. To the north the commune borders with ''Komjan mountain'', in the south lies ''Sogor mountain'' (), to the east it borders with

mountain and to the southeast with ''Lenia mountain''. The whole region slopes gradually down to the Devoll valley in the western part. Archaeological evidences tell the region was inhabited from ancient times. It is possible to visit the ruins of a

medieval castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

of the 14th century.FJALORI ENCIKLOPEDIK SHQIPTAR, Akademia e Shkencave, Tirane 1984 (page 600: LENIASI)

References

Former municipalities in Elbasan County Administrative units of Gramsh, Elbasan Villages in Elbasan County {{Elbasan-geo-stub