Gorgopotamos, Ioannina

Gorgopotamos (Greek: Γοργοπόταμος) is a small village located at the foot of Mount Grammos of Epirus (Greece). It is surrounded by forest and the small river of Gorgopotamos runs right next to it. Gorgopotamos is part of the municipal unit of Mastorochoria of Ioannina regional unit, North-West Greece. Its location is very close to the Greek-Albanian borders. In 2021 it had a population of 43.^[1]

Gorgopotamos Γοργοπόταμος
Community
Gorgopotamos
Coordinates: 40°16′16″N 20°45′54″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Municipality	Konitsa
Municipal unit	Mastorochoria
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	43
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Some Albanians from Gorgopotamos would work as masons in Zagori, but would usually stay briefly and rarely settled there.^[2]

Bibliography

• Kahl, Thede (1999). "Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt". Ethnologia Balkanica. 3.

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Kahl 1999, pp. 113–14: Auch aus der Umgebung von Kónitsa kamen einzelne Arvaniten in das Gebiet, z.B.Maurer aus Gorgopótamos und Maler aus Chionádes. Sie blieben jedoch meist nur vorübergehend in Zagóri und siedelten sich nur selten an.