Evrymenes, Ioannina

Evrymenes or Evrimenes, also Evrymeni or Evrimeni (Greek: Ευρυμενές) is a municipality in the Ioannina Prefecture, Greece. Its 2001 population was 1,525. The seat of the municipality is in Klimatia. There is another Evrymenes and is an ancient city that is now known as Kastritsa east in the municipality of Pamvotida.

Municipal districts

*Delvinakopoulo
*Klimatia"'
*Kokkinochomato
**Lefkothea
*Paliouri
*Raiko
*Soulopoulo
**Mikro Soulopoulo
*Vassilopoulo
**Kastri

Population

Geography

Its geography consists of almost entirely mountainous with several valleys, farmlands are in the valleys.

History

The municipality was founded in 1996 and included some of its former communities. In 1999, the remainder that were Vassilopoulo and Raiko with the settlement of Kastri were added to the municipality under the Capodistria plan.

Other

Evrymeni has schools, a few lyceums (middle school) a gymnasium (secondary school), churches, banks, shops and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest university is east in Ioannina, the University of Ioannina.

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=2667 Evrymenes on GTP Travel Pages]
* [http://www.ypes.gr/tab1.asp?ID=2215 Municipality of Evrymenes at the Ministry of Statistics homepage]
* [http://www.epcon.gr/Dimoi/Dimos33/p1.html Information about the municipality at Epirus Connection]

"'Northwest: Ano Kalamia	North: Zitsa	Northeast: Pamvotida
West: Molossoi	Evrymenes	East: Passarona
	South: Passarona