Vikos, Ioannina

For other places with the same name, see Vikos.

Vikos (Greek: Βίκος) is a village in the municipality of Zagori, in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.

Vikos Βίκος
Community
View of the Vikos Gorge from the village of Vikos
Vikos
Coordinates: 39°58′N 20°44′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Municipality	Zagori
Municipal unit	Central Zagori
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	27
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Vikos is one of the villages of Zagori, known in Greek as the Zagorochoria (Greek: Ζαγοροχώρια). It overlooks the Vikos Gorge at an altitude of 770 meters, and is located on the borders of the Vikos-Aoos National Park.^[2] It was formerly known as Vetsiko (Greek: Βετσικό) or Vitsiko (Greek: Βιτσικό). Its name was officially changed to Vikos in 1955, although the old names are still in common use.^[3]

In 1951, the village had 50 inhabitants.^[4] In the 2021 census, it recorded 27 inhabitants.^[5]