Petran is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern

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

Përmet Përmet (; sq-definite, Permeti) is a city and municipality in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. The municipality of Përmet consists of the administrative units of Çarçovë, Frashër, Petran, Qendër Piskovë and Përmet. The total popul ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 1,622.2011 census results
The municipal unit consists of the villages Petran, Leshnicë,

Leusë Leusë ( sq-definite, Leusa) is a village in Përmet municipality, Albania. Name Leusë takes its name from the Greek word "Eleusa", which means "merciful". "Virgin Eleusa" is also one of the names of the Virgin Mary in Eastern Orthodox traditi ...

, 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 Stath Melani (18 September 1858–24 December 1917) was an Albanian Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox priest who participated in the Congress of Manastir and helped spread awareness of the Albanian language, Albanian written language in south ...

, Orthodox priest and participant in the

Congress of Manastir The Congress of Manastir ( sq, Kongresi i Manastirit) was an academic conference held in the city of Manastir (now Bitola) from November 14 to 22, 1908, with the goal of standardizing the Albanian alphabet. November 22 is now a commemorative da ...

, from Melan.

References

Sources

* www.2-albania.com
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