Pramanta ( el, Πράμαντα) is a village and a former municipality in the
Ioannina regional unit,
Epirus,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
North Tzoumerka
North Tzoumerka ( el, Βόρεια Τζουμέρκα) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Pramanta. The municipality has an area of 358.334 km2. The municipality is named af ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
In 2011 its population was 1,137 for the town, 1,527 for the community and 1,774 for the municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 69.058 km
2, the community 39.435 km
2.
Pramanta is situated in the
Athamanika mountains, at about 840m elevation. It is 4 km west of
Melissourgoi
Melissourgoi () is a former community 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 municipal unit has an area of 35.510&nbs ...
, 6 km north of
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 ...
, 6 km south of
Prosilio Prosilio ( el, Προσήλιο, literally "sunward place", before 1927: Δοβίσδανα - ''Dovisdana'') is a village in the municipal unit of Tzoumerka (Ioannina, Epirus), Greece. It is situated on a mountainside of the Athamanika mountains, at ...
, 65 km southeast of
Ioannina
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, 70 km north east of
Arta Arta, ARTA, or Artà may refer to:
Places Djibouti
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* Arta Mountains, a mountain range in Djibouti
* Arta Region, Djibouti
Greece
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and 28 km south of
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 ...
.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Pramanta is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*
Ampelochori
*Pramanta (Pramanta, Tsopela, Christoi)
*
Raftanaioi (Raftanaioi, Vounoreia, Zalouchos, Megali Rachi, Mylokopeio, Palaiomochousti, Pallikari, Plaka, Rouga, Fraxos)
Population
Attractions
In the central square one can view the known perennial plane tree, the historic fountain called "Arapis" and the central church of the village, Agia Paraskevi. Close to Pramanta is the "Anemotrypa" cave with its underground river, the 13th century Kipina Monastery built into a rocky mountain, and the mountain retreat in the place "Isioma".
External links
Pramanta (municipality) on GTP Travel PagesPramanta (town) on GTP Travel Pages
References
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Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit)
North Tzoumerka