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Petran

Coordinates:40°12′N20°24′E/ 40.200°N 20.400°E/40.200; 20.400
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Petran
The village of Petran
The village of Petran
Petran is located in Albania
Petran
Petran
Coordinates:40°12′N20°24′E/ 40.200°N 20.400°E/40.200; 20.400
CountryAlbania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityPërmet
Population
(2011)
• Municipal unit
1,622
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+2(CEST)

Petranis a village and a former municipality in theGjirokastër County,southernAlbania.At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipalityPërmet.[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

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The village of Lipë is inhabited by inhabitants whose mother tongue is Albanian.[5]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^"Law nr. 115/2014"(PDF)(in Albanian). p. 6371.Retrieved25 February2022.
  2. ^2011 census resultsArchived2016-03-04 at theWayback Machine
  3. ^"Tour and Travel Agency in Albania | 2-Albania".Archived fromthe originalon 2017-04-08.Retrieved2022-07-16.
  4. ^Greece – Albania Neighbourhood ProgrammeArchived2012-03-27 at theWayback Machine
  5. ^Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967).Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas.Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 274–275.ISBN9780198142539."I visited Lipa and found that all the inhabitants spoke Albanian as their native tongue."
  6. ^Vatra e kulturës(in Albanian). Shtëpija Qëndrore e Krijimtarisë Popullore. 1969. p. 30.

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