Pepel, Albania
Pepel is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull. It is inhabited solely by Greeks.
Holy Trinity Monastery Church is located within the village, a Religious Cultural Monument of Albania.Demographics
According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 392 inhabitants in 1895. The village had 505 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks. The village today has a permanent population of roughly 100-200 inhabitants, notably due to migration to Greece or other countries. Despite this, the population doubles in Easter, Summer and Christmas, as most people return to their village to celebrate or have holidays with their families.
