Përcëllesh is a village in the former
municipality of
Petrelë
Petrelë is a village and a former municipality 15 km south of Tirana, in central Albania. It is part of Tirana County. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tirana. The population at the 2011 census w ...
in
Tirana County,
Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality of
Tirana.
History
The
Vorpsi family The Vorpsi are an Albanian family native to Tirana and have their first records of a surname recorded in 1650 (Islam Vorpsi the first one to be recorded) by Ottoman registries in Tirana and the family's presence has been recorded since. A Muslim fa ...
has been recorded in this area as a past settlement of the family before settling in mainland
Tirana. The Sina family of Përcëllesh has roots with the Vorpsi family; when they settled and lived together, some Vorpsi members became Sina out of respect, and vice versa.
References
Populated places in Tirana
Villages in Tirana County
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