Kalarrytes
Kalarrytes is a village and a former community 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. The municipal unit has an area of 39.959 km2. The population in 2021 was 236. The community consists of the villages Kalarrytes and Mystras.Name
The old name of Kalarrytes was Kolari. The word: Kolari comes from Bulgarian meaning a craftsman, someone who makes and repairs carts, wheels, carousels and other wooden products for harness, but it can also mean a toponym or a type of carpentry/cartwork as a profession. Originally a Bulgarian village, in beginning of the 18th century, it gradually began to be settled by Aromanian population, which eventually assimilated with the Bulgarians and became Hellenized adopting Greek identity. From then on the name of the village was known as Kalarrytes.Climate
Kalarrytes has a temperate oceanic climate, bordering on a warm-summer mediterranean climate. Kalarites experiences cool, rainy winters and warm, drier summers.Demographics
Kalariti has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.