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Zitsa 
Summary
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] The municipality has an area of 565.566 km2, the municipal unit 65.868 km2, the community 29.169 km2.[3]
Zitsa
Ζίτσα | |
|---|---|
 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 | 565.6 km2 (218.4 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 65.87 km2 (25.43 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 (2011) |
| • Area (km2) | 29.17 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
MunicipalityEdit
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 peopleEdit
- Patriarch Jeremias I of Constantinople (died 1546)
- Dimitrios Zitsaios, benefactor
- Chrysanthi Zitsaia (1903–1995), writer
- Chronis Vagios (nom de guerre: Achilleas Petritis),[4] ELAS and DSE officer.
- Giannis Kapsalis, popular folk singer.
LandmarksEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ Papaioannou, Achilleas Io. (2005). Ο αληθινός Γράμμος (in Greek). Thessaloniki: Mpimpis. p. 65.