Athamania ( el, Δήμος Αθαμανίας) is a former municipality in the Arta regional unit,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Central Tzoumerka Central Tzoumerka ( el, Κεντρικά Τζουμέρκα) is a municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Vourgareli. The municipality has an area of 509.231 km2. The municipality is na ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 304.979 km². Population: 3,786 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in

Vourgareli Vourgareli ( el, Βουργαρέλι) is a Greek village in Arta prefecture. It is located in the north-east of Arta prefecture, built at a height of 900 meters in the slope of Tzoumerka Mountains. The village is the seat of Central Tzoumerka mun ...

History

It is named after the

Athamanians Athamanians or Athamanes (, ''Athamanes'') were an ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, Greek tribe that inhabited south-eastern Epirus and west Thessaly. Today, the municipal unit of Athamania, Arta, Athamania in Central Tzoumerka and the community o ...

, an

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that inhabited south-eastern

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and west

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

. In 2011, during the local government reform, it merged with

Agnanta Agnanta ( el, Άγναντα) is a village and a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Central Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipa ...

, Melissourgoi, and Theodoriana to form the municipality of

References

{{Central Tzoumerka div Populated places in Arta (regional unit)