Perama ( el, Πέραμα) is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit,

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. 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. It lies about 4 km north of central Ioannina. The town's name means "passage" and it lies on the northern edge of lake Pamvotis (

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Παμβώτις). It is famous for its cave, known as the "Cave of Perama" (Greek Σπήλαιον Περάματος). The cave, extending five kilometres below the ground and having been explored fully only up to one kilometre, has a remarkable arrangement of stalagmites and stalactites. An 11th-century church in the town dedicated to Saint Haralambos and reputedly built by Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus is in a bad state of repair and is rarely open to the general public. The town lies on GR-6 between

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Metsovo Metsovo ( el, Μέτσοβο; rup, Aminciu) is a town in Epirus, in the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the west and Meteora to the east. The largest centre of Aromanian (Vlach) life in Greece, Metsovo is a large re ...

. The municipal unit has an area of 105.725 km², the community 7.597 km². The municipal unit has a population of 4,749 inhabitants (2011). Its largest settlements are Pérama (pop. 1,841), Amfithéa (594), Perívleptos (473), Krýa (434), Agía Marína (388), and Kranoúla (310).

References

External links

Official website

Perama Cave website
Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) {{Epirus-geo-stub