Vikos, Ioannina

Vikos is a village in the municipality of Zagori, in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.

History

Vikos is one of the villages of Zagori, known in Greek as the Zagorochoria. It overlooks the Vikos Gorge at an altitude of 770 meters, and is located on the borders of the Vikos-Aoos National Park. It was formerly known as Vetsiko or Vitsiko. Its name was officially changed to Vikos in 1955, although the old names are still in common use.
In 1951, the village had 50 inhabitants. In the 2021 census, it recorded 27 inhabitants.