Tzoumerka

Summary

Tzoumerka (Greek: Τζουμέρκα) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 71.10 km2.[3] Population 717 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Chouliarades.

Tzoumerka
Τζουμέρκα
Tzoumerka is located in Greece
Tzoumerka
Tzoumerka
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°50′N 21°07′E / 39.833°N 21.117°E / 39.833; 21.117
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
MunicipalityNorth Tzoumerka
Area
 • Municipal unit71.10 km2 (27.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
717
 • Municipal unit density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΙΝ

During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941-1944) the main base of the EDES resistance organization was found in the Tzoumerka mountain.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ^ Cooke, Philip; Shepherd, Ben H. (2013). European Resistance in the Second World War. Pen and Sword. p. 102. ISBN 9781473833043.