Zitsa
Zitsa Ζίτσα | |
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Zitsa municipality | |
Zitsa | |
Location within the region | |
Coordinates: 39°45′N 20°39′E / 39.750°N 20.650°ECoordinates: 39°45′N 20°39′E / 39.750°N 20.650°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Epirus |
Regional unit | Ioannina |
Area | |
• Municipality | 566.3 km2 (218.6 sq mi) |
• Municipal unit | 65.9 km2 (25.4 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Municipality | 14,766 |
• Municipality density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
• Municipal unit | 1,332 |
• Municipal unit density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
Community | |
• Population | 676 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Zitsa (Greek: Ζίτσα) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Eleousa.[2]
Municipality
The present municipality Zitsa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):[2]
- Ekali (Asfaka, Vatatades, Vlachatano, Gavrisioi, Ligopsa, Metamorfosi, Petsali)
- Evrymenes (Delvinakopoulo, Klimatia, Kokkinochoma, Lefkothea, Paliouri, Raiko, Soulopoulo, Vasilopoulo)
- Molossoi (Aetopetra, Chinka, Despotiko, Dovla, Ekklisochori, Foteino, Giourganista, Granitsa, Granitsopoula, Grimpovo, Kalochori, Kourenta, Polydoro, Radovizi, Rizo, Vereniki, Voutsaras, Vrosina, Vrysoula, Zalongo)
- Pasaronas (Agios Ioannis, Anargyroi, Ano Lapsista, Eleousa, Grammeno, Kato Lapsista, Lofiskos, Lyngos, Mega Gardiki, Neochori, Peratis, Petralona, Polylofo, Rodotopi, Vageniti, Vounoplagia, Zoodochos)
- Zitsa (Dafnofyto, Karitsa, Lithino, Protopappas, Zitsa)
Notable people
- Jeremias I (16th century), Patriarch of Constantinople
- Dimitrios Zitsaios, benefactor
- Dimitrios Sarros (1870–1938), writer
- Chrisanthi Zitsaia (1903–1995), writer
References
- ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- 1 2 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
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