Derjan

Derjan is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mat.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,102.^[2] It includes the following settlements: Derjan, Urxallë, Barbullej, Dukagjin, Gjoçaj, Lam i Madh, Zall Gjoçaj.^[1]

Derjan
Administrative unit
Derjan
Coordinates: 41°41′N 20°2′E
Country	Albania
County	Dibër
Municipality	Mat
Population  (2011)
• Administrative unit	1,102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographic history

Derjan (Dirjani) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement belonging to the timar of Ali in the vilayet of Mati. The village was relatively small with a total of five households which were represented by the following household heads: Pal Balazi, Mihal Divalmi, Andrija Kipota, Gjergj Divalmi, and Gjon Kipota. In the register, a certain Mark Kastrioti from Derjan is attested as a yamak stationed in the village of Shtjaknëz (modern Shqefën).^[3]