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Kefalovryso, Ioannina

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Country
  
Greece

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code(s)
  
+30-2657-xxx-xxx

Local time
  
Saturday 7:49 PM

Administrative region
  
Epirus

Regional unit
  
Ioannina

Elevation
  
650 m (2,130 ft)

Postal code
  
440 06

Vehicle registration
  
INx-xxxx

Municipality
  
Pogoni

Municipal unit
  
Ano Pogoni

Kefalovryso, Ioannina

Weather
  
7°C, Wind N at 13 km/h, 63% Humidity

Kefalovryso (Greek: Κεφαλόβρυσο, Aromanian: Migidei, Migideia) is a village and a community of the Pogoni municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Ano Pogoni, of which it was a municipal district and the seat. The 2011 census recorded 838 residents in the village. The community of Kefalovryso covers an area of 15.831 km2.

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Map of Kefalovryso 440 06, Greece

History

The Greek newspaper Pigi Kefalovrysou mentioned in an article that in 1840 this village was founded by a lone tselingas (Greek for goatherd) named Nastas (Greek: ο τσέλιγκας Νάστας). Kefalovryso passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece in 1913, during the Balkan Wars.

Geography

It is situated at the foot of mount Nemertsika, near the Albanian border. It is 3 km west of Vasiliko, 12 km northeast of Delvinaki, 16 km west of Konitsa, 36 km east of Gjirokastër (Albania) and 46 km northwest of Ioannina.

Facilities

In Kefalovryso, there is a primary school, a lyceum, a minor soccer team, a gymnasium, a church, a small post-office and a square in the centre with the town hall of Ano Pogoni. The factory that produces most of the Greek euro coins is located in Kefalovryso.

Historical population

Most of the inhabitants are Aromanians, speaking the Aromanian language along with Greek.

References

Kefalovryso, Ioannina Wikipedia