Pogoni

Pogoni
Πωγώνι (Greek)
Pugon (Aromanian)
Municipality
Location of Pogoni
Pogoni is located in Greece
Pogoni
Pogoni
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 39°53′N 20°37′E / 39.883°N 20.617°E / 39.883; 20.617
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
SeatKalpaki
Area
 • Municipality
701.06 km2 (270.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Municipality
6,848
 • Density9.768/km2 (25.30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΙΝ

Pogoni (Greek: Πωγώνι, Aromanian: Pugon) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit of Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kalpaki. The municipality has an area of 701.059 km2. Its population was 6,848 at the 2021 census.

History

The historical region of Pogoni encompasses a larger area than the contemporary municipality. Six Greek-speaking villages in Albania which comprised the former commune of Pogon are also included in the region, as well as the area in and around Molyvdoskepastos in Greece, which is a part of the municipality of Konitsa. Culturally, the villages of Agia Marina, Chrysodouli, Ktismata, Mavropoulo, Neochori and Zavrocho are part of the Deropolis (Dropull) area, which also extends into Albania.

Pogoni was populated by the end of the Neolithic Age. Historically, the region was inhabited by the ancient Greek tribe of the Molossians. Along with the rest of Epirus, the area was annexed by the Kingdom of Greece in 1913 after the First Balkan War. Pogoni was also home to the 268th Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras I.

Administration

Municipality

The municipality Pogoni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

Province

The province of Pogoni (Greek: Επαρχία Πωγωνίου) was one of the provinces of the Ioannina Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Pogoni, except the municipal units Ano Kalamas and Kalpaki. Its seat was the village Delvinaki. It was abolished in 2006.

Demographics

Pogoni has nearly 40 villages and all have a Greek-speaking population. Aromanian villages are Ano Parakalamos and Kefalovryso. The Aromanians form part of the village population in Argyrochori, Parakalamos, Vasiliko, Ano Ravenia, Chrysorrachi, Delvinaki, Doliana, Dolo, Kato Meropi, Kato Ravenia, Kouklioi, Pogoniani, Sitaria, Vissani and Zaravina. Excluding Kefalovryso, most Aromanians settled in these villages during the interwar period (1918–1939). The Romani form part of the village population in Delvinaki, Doliana and Parakalamos.

Albanians settled in Pogoni during the first decades of the 14th century and traces of their presence are found in several local toponyms. Over time, the Albanian presence in Lower Pogoni was assimilated by the local Greeks and hellenised. Some Albanians in Pogoni converted to Islam. Muslim Albanians constituted the majority population in Argyrochori, Chrysodouli, and Pogoniani; some departed in 1913, while others did so during the Greek–Turkish population exchange. In the modern period, some of the Pogoni population has migrated to Ioannina and Athens in Greece or aboard to Australia, Germany and the United States.

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ↑ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ↑ Kokolakis, Michalis. "Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895". Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου: ιστορικά μελετήματα (PDF) (in Greek). National Hellenic Research Foundation. pp. 248–249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-02.
  5. ↑ Alexakis, Eleftherios P. (2017). Greek Ethnography, Ethnographie Grecque. Editions Herodotos. p. 305. ISBN 9789604851980. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2026. The villages of Western Pogoni – Chrysodouli, Zavrocho, Mavropoulo, Aghia Marina, Arinista (Ktismata), Katouna (Neochori), Kakavi – belong to the cultural area of Deropolis, part of which nowadays lies in Albania.
  6. 1 2 3 "Ιστορία [History]". Δήμος Πωγωνίου [Municipality of Pogoni] (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  7. ↑ Law, Gwillim (2015-05-20). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3.
  8. ↑ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (in Greek and French)
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  10. ↑ Maher 2019, p. 209.
  11. 1 2 Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. pp. 2, 193. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
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  13. ↑ Maher 2019, p. 6.
  14. ↑ Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. pp. 293–294. ISBN 9789607760869. Since the interwar period, in the provinces of Pogoni and Ioannina, apart from Kefalovrysso and Parakalamos (Podgoriani) large and small groups of Arvanitovlachs have been living in the villages of Vissani (Frastana), Kato Meropi, Pogoniani, Dolo, Delvinaki, Limni, Ano Ravenia, Kato Ravenia, Sitaria, Kouklii, Protopappas, and Hryssorrahi.
  15. ↑ Green 2005, pp. 235–236.
  16. ↑ Maher, Nicola (2019). The Crying Clarinet: Emotion and Music in Parakalamos (PDF) (PhD thesis). Cardiff University. pp. 2–3, 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  17. ↑ Vakalopoulos, Konstantinos Apostolou (2003). Ιστορία της Ηπείρου. Από τις αρχές της οθωμανοκρατίας ως τις μέρες μας [The History of Epirus. From the beginnings of the Ottoman Empire to our days] (in Greek). Herodotos. p. 322. ISBN 9789607290977. Κατά τις πρώτες δεκαετίες του 14ου αιώνα τοποθετείται χρονικά η αλβανική διείσδυση στο χώρο της Πωγωνιανής, που μαρτυρείται και από ορισμένα τοπωνύμια όπως το Δελβινάκι (αμπελότοπος), το Γκουβέρι (γκούβα = κοίλωμα), αλλά και από τις μετακινήσεις αλβανικών οικογενειών, οι οποίες εξισλαμίστηκαν λόγω των συνθηκών που επικρατούσαν. Όσοι αλβανικοί πληθυσμοί είχαν εγκατασταθεί στο νότιο τμήμα του Πωγωνίου, αφομοιώθηκαν βαθμιαία από το ελληνικό στοιχείο και εξελληνίστηκαν. Όλες οι κοινότητες
  18. ↑ Green 2005, pp. 44, 56–57.
  19. ↑ Green, Sarah (2005). Notes from the Balkans: Locating Marginality and Ambiguity on the Greek–Albanian Border. Princeton University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9781400884353.

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