Ano Pogoni

Ano Pogoni (Greek: Άνω Πωγώνι) 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.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 137.084 km².^[3] The seat of the municipality was in Kefalovryso.

Ano Pogoni Άνω Πωγώνι
Municipal unit
Ano Pogoni Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°1′N 20°34′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Municipality	Pogoni
Area
• Municipal unit	137.084 km2 (52.928 sq mi)
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	1,067
• Municipal unit density	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	440 06
Area code(s)	26570
Vehicle registration	ΙΝ

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Ano Pogoni is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Agios Kosmas
• Kakolakkos
• Kato Meropi
• Kefalovryso
• Meropi (formerly Roumpates)^[4]
• Oraiokastro
• Palaiopyrgos
• Roupsia
• Vasiliko

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	2,108	—
2001[3]	1,398	−33.7%
2011[5]	1,490	+6.6%
2021[1]	1,067	−28.4%

Names

The name Ano Pogoni means "Upper Pogoni". Some Albanian toponyms exist for names of villages in the Pogoni area such as Roumpates meaning robe or garment.^[6]

History

During the Balkan Wars (autumn 1912) a number of villages in the area were affected by raids of Muslim bands.^[7] At the end of the Balkan Wars most of the Pogoni area became part Greece, while six villages (Lower Pogoni) were ceded to the newly established Principality of Albania.

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. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
4. "Πανδέκτης: Roumpátes -- Merópi". Retrieved 2019-10-03. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
5. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού – Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
6. Ifantis, Nikos Th. (2005). Η Πωγωνιανή - Παλιά Βοστίνα και τα Κοινοτικά Διαμερίσματα Δολό-Δρυμάδες-Σταυροσκιάδι. Διευρυμένη Κοινότητα Πωγωνιανής. p. 45. "όπως και από αλβανικές ονομασίες χωριών: Ρομπάτες (= ρόμπα, ένδυμα), Δελβινακίων (= αμπελότοπος), Γούβερη (Γούβα - Κοίλωμα) κ.λ.π."
7. Tsoutsoumpis, Spyros (December 2015). "Violence, resistance and collaboration in a Greek borderland: the case of the Muslim Chams of Epirus "Qualestoria" n. 2, dicembre 2015". Qualestoria: 119–138. Retrieved 14 June 2016.