Tzoumerka

Tzoumerka
Τζουμέρκα
Location within the regional unit
Tzoumerka
Coordinates: 39°50′N 21°07′E / 39.833°N 21.117°E / 39.833; 21.117
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
MunicipalityNorth Tzoumerka
Area
 • Municipal unit71.10 km2 (27.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
717
 • Municipal unit density10.1/km2 (26.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΙΝ

Tzoumerka (Greek: Τζουμέρκα) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 71.10 km2.[3] Population 717 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Chouliarades.

During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–1944) the main base of the EDES resistance organization was found in the Tzoumerka mountain.[4]

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ^ Cooke, Philip; Shepherd, Ben H. (2013). European Resistance in the Second World War. Pen and Sword. p. 102. ISBN 9781473833043.