Levan, Fier

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Levan ( Albanian: Levani ) is a town in the district of Fier about seven kilometers south-west of Fier in Albania. The community Levan has 8159 inhabitants. In 2001, yet 11,536 inhabitants ( 2001) were recorded.

Levan is in the south of the great Myzeqe level at the foot of some buttresses of the hills of Mallakastra. About four miles to the south flows the Vjosa, one of the largest rivers in southern Albania. The area around Levan is very reliant on agriculture: To the south, to the river and west to the Adriatic Sea, many hectares cultivated agricultural land cover. The main crops are cereals, maize, potatoes, tomatoes and other vegetables. Also grapes for wine-making are cultivated sporadically.

The village lies on the main traffic route of Fier to Vlora. By Levan is the National Highway 8 and the distance Durres - Fier - Vlora - Rrogozhina the Albanian Railways ( HSH). The route from Levan to Vlora has been recreated as a motorway-like road with two lanes and emergency lanes on both sides on a new route. In Levan also a new route of the major north -south axis of the country will begin, which will lead as a quick road to Tepelenë. The four-lane road (including emergency lanes on both sides ), the winding mountain route over Ballsh replace the National Road 4 and the north -south shortened by 22 kilometers. To the north, a new road to be built, the Fier in a wide arc on the ancient Apollonia past travels around the west.

The rural municipality ( Alb. Komuna ) Levan covers not only the main town ten more villages: Ferras, Peshtan i Madh, Peshtan i Vogël, Shtyllas, Bishan, Bashkim, Martina, Pishë Poro and Qar.