Ano Pogoni Explained

Ano Pogoni (el|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.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 137.084 km².^[2] The seat of the municipality was in Kefalovryso.

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)^[3]
• Oraiokastro
• Palaiopyrgos
• Roupsia
• Vasiliko

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.^[4]

History

During the Balkan Wars (autumn 1912) a number of villages in the area were affected by raids of Muslim bands.^[5] 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
3. Web site: Πανδέκτης: Roumpátes -- Merópi. 2019-10-03. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
4. Book: Ifantis, Nikos Th.. Η Πωγωνιανή - Παλιά Βοστίνα και τα Κοινοτικά Διαμερίσματα Δολό-Δρυμάδες-Σταυροσκιάδι. 2005. Διευρυμένη Κοινότητα Πωγωνιανής. 45. "όπως και από αλβανικές ονομασίες χωριών: Ρομπάτες (= ρόμπα, ένδυμα), Δελβινακίων (= αμπελότοπος), Γούβερη (Γούβα - Κοίλωμα) κ.λ.π."
5. Tsoutsoumpis. Spyros. Violence, resistance and collaboration in a Greek borderland: the case of the Muslim Chams of Epirus "Qualestoria" n. 2, dicembre 2015. Qualestoria. December 2015. 119–138. 14 June 2016.