Pogoni

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Pogoni ({{langx|el|Πωγώνι}}, {{langx|rup|Pugon}}) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kalpaki.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipality has an area of 701.059 km².{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}} Its population was 6,848 at the 2021 census.

History

Pogoni was populated by the end of the Neolithic Age.{{Cite web|title=Ιστορία [History]|url=https://www.pogoni.gr/index.php/history|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Δήμος Πωγωνίου [Municipality of Pogoni]|language=el-gr}} 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.{{Cite book|last=Law|first=Gwillim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998|date=2015-05-20|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|pages=152|language=en}} Pogoni was also home to the 268th Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras I.

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 ({{langx|el|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.{{cite web|url= http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |title=Detailed census results 1991 }} {{small|(39 MB)}} {{in lang|el|fr}} It was abolished in 2006.

Pogoni

History

Municipality

Province

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