Kefalovryso, Ioannina
Kefalovryso (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a mountain 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.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The community of Kefalovryso covers an area of 15.831 km2.<ref name=stat01>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
Kefalovryso is a Vlach-speaking village.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its name is Vlach is Migidei or Migidea and it was previously known in Greek as Metzitie (Template:Langx) or Metzities (Template:Langx).
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.
In the 10th of July a massacre happened in the village. 22 men were put in two houses, with most of them being soldiers from the Greco-German war. Only one of them survived and the rest were burnt alive.
Geography
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.
Facilities
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Historical population
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