Ano Pogoni

Ano Pogoni is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 137.084 km². The seat of the municipality was in Kefalovryso.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Ano Pogoni is subdivided into the following communities :

Agios [Kosmas, Ioannina|Agios Kosmas]
Kakolakkos
Kato Meropi
Kefalovryso
Meropi
Oraiokastro
Palaiopyrgos
Roupsia
Vasiliko

Names

The name Ano Pogoni means "Upper Pogoni". Some Albanian toponyms exist for names of villages in the Pogoni area such as Roumpates meaning robe or garment.

History

During the Balkan Wars a number of villages in the area were affected by raids of Muslim bands. At the end of the Balkan Wars most of the Pogoni area became part Greece, while six villages were ceded to the newly established Principality of Albania.