Bizani ( el, Μπιζάνι) is a village and a former municipality in the
Ioannina regional unit,
Epirus
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Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Ioannina
Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 91.372 km
2, the community 11.660 km
2.
In 2011 its population was 5,124. The seat of the municipality was in
Pedini
''Pedum'' is a monotypic genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name ...
. The municipal unit is situated in the plains and low hills south and southwest of Ioannina. The
Greek National Road 5
National Road 5 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 5, abbreviated as EO5) is a single carriageway road in western Greece. It connects Antirrio, at the north end of the Rio-Antirrio bridge, with Ioannina in northwestern Greece, passing through Agrinio a ...
(Ioannina -
Arta), the
Greek National Road 17
Greek National Road 17 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 17, abbreviated as EO17) is a single carriageway road in northwestern Greece. It connects Ioannina with Dodoni, via Bizani
Bizani ( el, Μπιζάνι) is a village and a former municipality ...
(Ioannina -
Dodoni
Dodoni ( el, Δωδώνη) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Kyriaki (community Theriakisi).
The modern village of Dodoni is located near the ancient ci ...
) and the
Egnatia Odos motorway (
Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa ( el, Ηγουμενίτσα, ) is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Thesprotia.
Igoumenitsa is the chief port of Thesprotia and Epirus, and one of the largest passenger ports of Greece, ...
- Ioannina -
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
) pass through the municipal unit.
Subdivisions
The municipalunit Bizani is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
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Ampeleia (Ampeleia, Filothei)
*Bizani (Neo Bizani, Koloniati)
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Asvestochori
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Kontsika (Kontsika, Synoikismos Kontsikas)
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Kosmira
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Manoliasa
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Pedini
''Pedum'' is a monotypic genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name ...
(Pedini, Fteri, Chioniasa)
Population
History
The village and former municipality, gets its name from the nearby fort built by the Ottoman Empire which in turn may have been inspired by the nearby mountain range. Fort Bezhani, as referenced by some groups like the US Congress Committee on Military Affairs, is known in Greek as "Bizani" (also Fort Bijan
) was the location of the
Battle of Bizani
The Battle of Bizani (, ''Máchi tou Bizaníou''; tr, Bizani Muharebesi, italic=no) took place in Epirus on . The battle was fought between Greek and Ottoman forces during the last stages of the First Balkan War, and revolved around the forts ...
that took place in February 1913 as part of the
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...
as the last stronghold for
Ioannina
Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...
and the remainder of Epirus before ending almost five centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule.
See also
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List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit
External links
Bizani at the GTP Travel Pages
References
Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit)
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