Kranë
Kranë is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Albania
- Also known as: “Crané”, “Karane”, “Karanea”, “Krane”, “Kranea”, “Kraneja”, “Kranejë”, and “Kranja”
- Address: BASHKIA FINIQ
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archeological Park of Phoinike and St. Nicholas Monastary Church.
Archeological Park of Phoinike
Photo: Giuseppe.lepore4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It is located high on an almost impregnable hill commanding the fertile valley below and near the modern town of the same name, Finiq, in southern Albania. Archeological Park of Phoinike is situated 3½ km northwest of Kranë.
St. Nicholas Monastary Church
Church
Photo: Decius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Nicholas Monastery Church is the katholikon of the abandoned Orthodox monastery of Saint George in Mesopotam, Vlorë County, Albania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çaush and Finiq.
Çaush
Village
Çaush is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq. Çaush is situated 3 km southwest of Kranë.
Finiq
Village
Finiq is a settlement, considered a town or village, and municipality in Vlorë County, in southern Albania located 8 km from the Ionian Sea and 20 km north of the Greek border. Finiq is situated 3 km northwest of Kranë.
Vrion
Village
Vrion is a village in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It is part of the municipality Finiq. It is located to the east of Sarandë, next to the village of Metoq. Vrion is situated 3½ km southwest of Kranë.
Kranë
- Category: locality
- Location: Komuna e Mesopotamit, Bashkia Finiq, Vlorë County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.89319° or 39° 53′ 36″ northLongitude
20.08919° or 20° 5′ 21″ eastElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
8GF2V3VQ+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 728421599OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Greek—“Kranë” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kranë”
- German: “Kranë”
- Greek: “Κρανιά Αγίων Σαράντα”
- Greek: “Κρανιά”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kranë”. Photo: Dirk.heldmaier, CC BY-SA 3.0.