Pogoni

Pogoni is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kalpaki. The municipality has an area of 701.059 km². Its population was 6,848 at the 2021 census.

History

The historical region of Pogoni encompasses a larger area than the contemporary municipality. Six Greek-speaking villages in Albania which comprised the former commune of Pogon are also included in the region, as well as the area in and around Molyvdoskepastos in Greece, which is a part of the municipality of Konitsa.
Pogoni was populated by the end of the Neolithic Age. Historically, the region was inhabited by the ancient Greek tribe of the Molossians. Along with the rest of Epirus, the area was annexed by the Kingdom of Greece in 1913 after the First Balkan War. Pogoni was also home to the 268th Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras I.

The municipality Pogoni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

The province of Pogoni was one of the provinces of the Ioannina Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Pogoni, except the municipal units Ano Kalamas and Kalpaki. Its seat was the village Delvinaki. It was abolished in 2006.