Athamania, Arta
Athamania (Greek: Δήμος Αθαμανίας) is a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Central Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 304.979 km. Population: 3,026 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Vourgareli.
History
It is named after the Athamanians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited south-eastern Epirus and west Thessaly.
At the 2011 local government reform, it merged with Agnanta, Melissourgoi, and Theodoriana to form the municipality of Central Tzoumerka.
Alexis Tsipras (former prime minister of Greece) has paternal descent from Athamania through his father, Pavlos, as he was from Athamania in and was a well-off public works contractor.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.