Kefalovryso Κεφαλόβρυσο |
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Coordinates: 40°0.9′N 20°33.6′E / 40.0150°N 20.5600°ECoordinates: 40°0.9′N 20°33.6′E / 40.0150°N 20.5600°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Epirus |
Regional unit | Ioannina |
Municipality | Pogoni |
Municipal unit | Ano Pogoni |
Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
Community | |
• Population | 838 (2011) |
• Area (km2) | 15.831 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Postal code | 440 06 |
Area code(s) | +30-2657-xxx-xxx |
Vehicle registration | INx-xxxx |
Kefalovryso (Greek: Κεφαλόβρυσο, Aromanian: Migidei, Migideia) is a village and a community of the Pogoni municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Ano Pogoni, of which it was a municipal district and the seat. The 2011 census recorded 838 residents in the village. The community of Kefalovryso covers an area of 15.831 km2.
The Greek newspaper Pigi Kefalovrysou mentioned in an article that in 1840 this village was founded by a lone tselingas (Greek for goatherd) named Nastas (Greek: ο τσέλιγκας Νάστας). Kefalovryso passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece in 1913, during the Balkan Wars.
It is situated at the foot of mount Nemertsika, near the Albanian border. It is 3 km west of Vasiliko, 12 km northeast of Delvinaki, 16 km west of Konitsa, 36 km east of Gjirokastër (Albania) and 46 km northwest of Ioannina.
In Kefalovryso, there is a primary school, a lyceum, a minor soccer team, a gymnasium, a church, a small post-office and a square in the centre with the town hall of Ano Pogoni. The factory that produces most of the Greek euro coins is located in Kefalovryso.
Most of the inhabitants are Aromanians, speaking the Aromanian language along with Greek.