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Zitsa (Greek: Ζίτσα) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina peripheral unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Eleousa.[1]

Municipality

Division of the old municipality

Zitsa / Δ.δ. Ζίτσης [ 1014 ]
- Zitsa / η Ζίτσα [ 879 ]
- Melission / το Μελίσσιον [ 65 ]
- Sakellarikon / το Σακελλαρικόν [ 70 ]
Dafnofyton / Δ.δ. Δαφνοφύτου -- το Δαφνόφυτον [ 115 ]
Karitsa / Δ.δ. Καρίτσης -- η Καρίτσα [ 364 ]
Lithinon / Δ.δ. Λιθίνου -- το Λίθινον [ 116 ]
Protopappas / Δ.δ. Πρωτόπαππα -- ο Πρωτόπαππας [ 591 ]

The present municipality Zitsa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):[1]

Ekali (Asfaka, Vatatades, Vlachatano, Gavrisioi, Ligopsa, Metamorfosi, Petsali)
Evrymenes (Delvinakopoulo, Klimatia, Kokkinochoma, Lefkothea, Paliouri, Raiko, Soulopoulo, Vasilopoulo)
Molossoi (Aetopetra, Chinka, Despotiko, Dovla, Ekklisochori, Foteino, Giourganista, Granitsa, Granitsopoula, Grimpovo, Kalochori, Kourenta, Polydoro, Radovizi, Rizo, Vereniki, Voutsaras, Vrosina, Vrysoula, Zalongo)
Pasaronas (Agios Ioannis, Anargyroi, Ano Lapsista, Eleousa, Grammeno, Kato Lapsista, Lofiskos, Lyngos, Mega Gardiki, Neochori, Peratis, Petralona, Polylofo, Rodotopi, Vageniti, Vounoplagia, Zoodochos)
Zitsa (Dafnofyto, Karitsa, Lithino, Protopappas, Zitsa)

Notable people

Jeremias I (16th century), Patriarch of Constantinople
Dimitrios Zitsaios, benefactor
Dimitrios Sarros (1870-1938), writer
Chrisanthi Zitsaia (1903-1995), writer

References

^ a b Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

Municipalities and communities of the Ioannina Prefecture