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Ano Pogoni

Municipal unit in Greece

Ano Pogoni Άνω Πωγώνι
Municipal unit
40°1′N 20°34′E / 40.017°N 20.567°E / 40.017; 20.567
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Municipality	Pogoni
Area
• Municipal unit	137.084 km² (52.928 sq mi)
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	1,067
• Municipal unit density	7.8/km² (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	440 06
Area code(s)	26570
Vehicle registration	ΙΝ

Ano Pogoni (Greek: Άνω Πωγώνι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 137.084 km².^[3] The seat of the municipality was in Kefalovryso.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Ano Pogoni is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Agios Kosmas
Kakolakkos
Kato Meropi
Kefalovryso
Meropi (formerly Roumpates)^[4]
Oraiokastro
Palaiopyrgos
Roupsia
Vasiliko

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	2,108	—
2001^[3]	1,398	−33.7%
2011^[5]	1,490	+6.6%
2021^[1]	1,067	−28.4%

Names

The name Ano Pogoni means "Upper Pogoni". Some Albanian toponyms exist for names of villages in the Pogoni area such as Roumpates meaning robe or garment.^[6]

History

During the Balkan Wars (autumn 1912) a number of villages in the area were affected by raids of Muslim bands.^[7] At the end of the Balkan Wars most of the Pogoni area became part Greece, while six villages (Lower Pogoni) were ceded to the newly established Principality of Albania.

References

^ ^a ^b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ ^a ^b "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
^ "Πανδέκτης: Roumpátes -- Merópi". Retrieved 2019-10-03. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού – Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
^ Ifantis, Nikos Th. (2005). Η Πωγωνιανή - Παλιά Βοστίνα και τα Κοινοτικά Διαμερίσματα Δολό-Δρυμάδες-Σταυροσκιάδι. Διευρυμένη Κοινότητα Πωγωνιανής. p. 45. "όπως και από αλβανικές ονομασίες χωριών: Ρομπάτες (= ρόμπα, ένδυμα), Δελβινακίων (= αμπελότοπος), Γούβερη (Γούβα - Κοίλωμα) κ.λ.π."
^ Tsoutsoumpis, Spyros (December 2015). "Violence, resistance and collaboration in a Greek borderland: the case of the Muslim Chams of Epirus "Qualestoria" n. 2, dicembre 2015". Qualestoria: 119–138. Retrieved 14 June 2016.