Kefalovryso, Ioannina
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Kefalovryso (, ) is a
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village and a community of the Pogoni municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of
Ano Pogoni Ano Pogoni () 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. The municipal unit has an area of 137.084 km ...
, of which it was a municipal district and the seat. The community of Kefalovryso covers an area of 15.831 km2.


History

Kefalovryso is a Vlach-speaking village. Its name is Vlach is ''Migidei'' or ''Migidea'' and it was previously known in Greek as ''Metzitie'' () or ''Metzities'' (). The Greek newspaper '' Pigi Kefalovrysou'' mentioned in an article that in 1840 this village was founded by a lone ''tselingas'' (Greek for goatherd) named Nastas (Greek: ο τσέλιγκας Νάστας). Kefalovryso passed from the
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to Greece in 1913, during the
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. In the 10th of July a massacre happened in the village. 22 men were put in two houses, with most of them being soldiers from the Greco-German war. Only one of them survived and the rest were burnt alive.


Geography

It is situated at the foot of mount Nemertsika, near the
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n border. It is 3 km west of Vasiliko, 12 km northeast of
Delvinaki Delvinaki () is a former municipality in the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The mun ...
, 16 km west of
Konitsa Konitsa (, see also Konitsa#Name, names in other languages) is a town of Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina in Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. It is located north of the capital Ioannina and near the Albanian Border crossings of Albania, border. ...
, 36 km east of
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(Albania) and 46 km northwest of
Ioannina Ioannina ( ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus (region), Epirus, an Modern regions of Greece, administrative region in northwester ...
.


Facilities

In Kefalovryso, there is a primary school, a lyceum, a minor soccer team, a gymnasium, a church, a small post-office and a square in the centre with the town hall of Ano Pogoni. The factory that produces most of the
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is located in Kefalovryso.


Historical population


See also

*
List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit This is a list of settlements in the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit, Greece. * Achladies * Aetomilitsa * Aetopetra, Konitsa * Aetopetra, Zitsa * Aetorrachi, Ioannina, Aetorrachi * Agia Anastasia * Agia Marina, Ioannina, Agia Mar ...


References


External links


Kefalovryso private website
*https://web.archive.org/web/20021226231048/http://www.geocities.com/athens/ithaca/1473/


Photos from Kefalovryso, Ioannina
{{Pogoni div Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) Pogoni Aromanian settlements in Greece