Aranitas

Aranitas
Aranitas
Coordinates: 40°36′N 19°48′E / 40.600°N 19.800°E / 40.600; 19.800
Country Albania
CountyFier
MunicipalityMallakastër
Population
 (2017)
  Municipal unit
2.714
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Aranitas is a village and a former municipality in Fier County, Albania. During the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Mallakastër. The population at the 2011 census was 2,714. The name is derived from the Arianiti family, an Albanian noble family in the late Middle Ages.