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Zitsa - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 39°45′N 20°39′E / 39.750°N 20.650°E

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Zitsa Ζίτσα
Municipality
Monument to Lord Byron in Zitsa
Zitsa Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°45′N 20°39′E / 39.750°N 20.650°E / 39.750; 20.650
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Area
• Municipality	565.6 km² (218.4 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	65.87 km² (25.43 sq mi)
• Community	29.17 km² (11.26 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipality	13,588
• Density	24/km² (62/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	953
• Municipal unit density	14/km² (37/sq mi)
• Community	492
• Community density	17/km² (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΙΝ

Zitsa (Greek: Ζίτσα) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Eleousa.^[2] The municipality has an area of 565.566 km², the municipal unit 65.868 km², the community 29.169 km².^[3]

History

The first reference to Zitsa is in the Chronicle of Ioannina in 1382. It developed into a prosperous village in the Ottoman era and became a centre of wine production, something for which it is still renowned. During this period, it appeared in the travelogues of various Western Europeans, including William Martin Leake (1809), Lord Byron (1809) and Henry Holland (1813). Byron, who spent two nights in Zitsa's monastery, was so enamoured with the village that he later included a stanza about it in his Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

Zitsa became part of Greece in 1913. It was the site of fierce battles during the Greek Civil War. In the post-War era, the construction of new roads and reorientation of the economy diminished the influence of Zitsa in the wider region. Wine production and tourism remain the two main economic activities.

Municipality

The present municipality Zitsa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):^[2]

Ekali (Asfaka, Vatatades, Vlachatano, Gavrisioi, Ligopsa, Metamorfosi, Petsali)
Evrymenes (Delvinakopoulo, Klimatia, Kokkinochoma, Lefkothea, Paliouri, Raiko, Soulopoulo, Vasilopoulo)
Molossoi (Aetopetra, Chinka, Despotiko, Dovla, Ekklisochori, Foteino, Giourganista, Granitsa, Granitsopoula, Grimpovo, Kalochori, Kourenta, Polydoro, Radovizi, Rizo, Vereniki, Voutsaras, Vrosina, Vrysoula, Zalongo)
Pasaronas (Agios Ioannis, Anargyroi, Ano Lapsista, Eleousa, Grammeno, Kato Lapsista, Lofiskos, Lyngos, Mega Gardiki, Neochori, Peratis, Petralona, Polylofo, Rodotopi, Vageniti, Vounoplagia, Zoodochos)
Zitsa (Dafnofyto, Karitsa, Lithino, Protopappas, Zitsa)

Notable people

Patriarch Jeremias I of Constantinople (died 1546)
Dimitrios Zitsaios, benefactor
Chrysanthi Zitsaia (1903–1995), writer
Chronis Vagios (nom de guerre: Achilleas Petritis),^[4] ELAS and DSE officer.
Giannis Kapsalis, popular folk singer.

Landmarks

Theogefyro

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
^ Papaioannou, Achilleas Io. (2005). Ο αληθινός Γράμμος (in Greek). Thessaloniki: Mpimpis. p. 65.

v t e Administrative division of the Epirus Region
Area 9,203 km² (3,553 sq mi) Population 336,856 (as of 2011) Municipalities 18 (since 2011) Capital Ioannina
Regional unit of Arta	Arta Central Tzoumerka Georgios Karaiskakis Nikolaos Skoufas
Regional unit of Ioannina	Dodoni Ioannina Konitsa Metsovo North Tzoumerka Pogoni Zagori Zitsa
Regional unit of Preveza	Parga Preveza Ziros
Regional unit of Thesprotia	Filiates Igoumenitsa Souli
Regional governor Alexandros Kachrimanis [el] (since 2014) Decentralized Administration Epirus and Western Macedonia

v t e Subdivisions of the municipality of Zitsa
Municipal unit of Ekali	Asfaka Gavrisioi Ligopsa Metamorfosi Petsali Vatatades Vlachatano
Municipal unit of Evrymenes	Delvinakopoulo Klimatia Kokkinochoma Lefkothea Paliouri Raiko Soulopoulo Vasilopoulo
Municipal unit of Molossoi	Aetopetra Chinka Despotiko Dovla Ekklisochori Foteino Giourganista Grimpovo Granitsa Granitsopoula Kalochori Kourenta Polydoro Radovizi Vereniki Voutsaras Vrosina Vrysoula Zalongo
Municipal unit of Pasaronas	Agios Ioannis Anargyroi Ano Lapsista Eleousa Grammeno Kato Lapsista Lofiskos Lyngos Mega Gardiki Neochori Peratis Petralona Polylofo Rodotopi Vageniti Vounoplagia Zoodochos
Municipal unit of Zitsa	Dafnofyto Karitsa Lithino Protopappas Zitsa

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