Kavallari, Ioannina

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Kavallari (Greek: Καβαλλάρι, Aromanian: Cavalar) is a village and a community of the Zagori municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of East Zagori, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 57 inhabitants in the village. The community of Kavallari covers an area of 21.031 km2.

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Karyes, Ioannina

Karyes is a settlement in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.

Settlement

Mitsikeli

Mitsikeli is a mountain range in the central part of the Pindus mountains, in Epirus, Greece. The mountain is located northeast of Ioannina and Lake Ioannina. Its highest elevation is 1,810 m. It stretches from near Kalpaki in the northwest to the eastern end of Lake Ioannina, a total length of 35 km. The northeastern slopes and the lower northwestern part of Mitsikeli are forested. The nearest mountains are the Tymfi to the north, the Lygkos to the northeast and the Lakmos to the east. It is drained by tributaries of the Thyamis to the northwest, towards Lake Ioannina to the southwest, by the Voidomatis to the northeast and by the Arachthos to the southeast. Mitsikeli forms the southwestern border of the Zagori region. Villages in the mountains include Kato Pedina and Asprangeloi in the northwest, Dikorfo and Perivleptos in the central part, and Kryovrysi in the southeast. The Greek National Road 6 passes south of the mountain, the Greek National Road 20 is to the west. The famous Perama Cave is to the southwest. There is a telecommunications tower on the summit.

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East Zagori

East Zagori is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zagori, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 269.657 km2. Population 1,113. The seat of the municipality was in Miliotades.

Government

Anthrakitis

Anthrakitis is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.

Neighbourhood Settlement

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Kryovrysi, Ioannina

Kryovrysi is a village located in the municipal unit of Perama, Ioannina regional unit, Greece. It is situated in the southeastern part of the Mitsikeli mountains, at the southeast edge of the Zagori region. Kryovrysi is 2.5 km north of Spothoi, 9 km east of Perama and 8 km northeast of Ioannina.

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The village is located on the northeastern side of Mt. Mitsikeli.

Name

The toponym is a proper name from the surname Kavalaris, stemming from the modern Greek kavalaris and medieval Greek kavallaris, derived from Latin caballarius 'horseman'. The word also exists in Aromanian as căvălar, plural căvălari.

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks, and an Aromanian community along with Arvanite families who both have assimilated into the local population. The arrival of Orthodox Albanians (locally called "Arvanites") occurred in the modern period and originate from the wider Souli area in central Greek Epirus.