Tzoumerka

Municipal unit in Greece

Tzoumerka Τζουμέρκα
Municipal unit
39°50′N 21°07′E / 39.833°N 21.117°E / 39.833; 21.117
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Municipality	North Tzoumerka
Area
• Municipal unit	71.10 km² (27.45 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	717
• Municipal unit density	10/km² (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΙΝ

Tzoumerka (Greek: Τζουμέρκα) is a former municipality 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.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 71.10 km².^[3] Population 717 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Chouliarades.

During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941-1944) the main base of the EDES resistance organization was found in the Tzoumerka mountain.^[4]

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
^ Cooke, Philip; Shepherd, Ben H. (2013). European Resistance in the Second World War. Pen and Sword. p. 102. ISBN 9781473833043.