Petran is a village and a former municipality in the

Gjirokastër County Gjirokastër County ( sq, Qarku i Gjirokastrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2021 was 58,031, in an area of 2884 km². Its capital is the city Gjirokastër. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Gjirokastër ...

, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Përmet. The population at the 2011 census was 1,622.2011 census results
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.

Demographics

The village of Lipë is inhabited by inhabitants whose mother tongue is Albanian. "I visited Lipa and found that all the inhabitants spoke Albanian as their native tongue."

Notable people

* Stath Melani, Orthodox priest and participant in the Congress of Manastir, from Melan.

References

Sources

* www.2-albania.com
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