Zitsa

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]

Zitsa Ζίτσα
Zitsa municipality
Zitsa Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°45′N 20°39′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Area
• Municipality	565.6 km^2 (218.4 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	65.87 km^2 (25.43 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Municipality	14,766
• Municipality density	26/km^2 (68/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	1,332
• Municipal unit density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
Community [1]
• Population	676 (2011)
• Area (km^2)	29.17
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΙΝ

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

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
4. Papaioannou, Achilleas Io. (2005). Ο αληθινός Γράμμος (in Greek). Thessaloniki: Mpimpis. p. 65.