Bizani

Bizani (Greek: Μπιζάνι) is a village and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 91.372 km2, the community 11.660 km2.[3] In 2011 its population was 5,124. The seat of the municipality was in Pedini. The municipal unit is situated in the plains and low hills south and southwest of Ioannina. The Greek National Road 5 (Ioannina - Arta), the Greek National Road 17 (Ioannina - Dodoni) and the Egnatia Odos motorway (Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Thessaloniki) pass through the municipal unit.

Bizani
Μπιζάνι
Bizani is located in Greece
Bizani
Bizani
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°34′N 20°52′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
MunicipalityIoannina
  Municipal unit91.372 km2 (35.279 sq mi)
Elevation
575 m (1,886 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
5,124
  Municipal unit density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Community
  Population384 (2011)
  Area (km2)11.660
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΙΝ

Subdivisions

The municipalunit Bizani is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Ampeleia (Ampeleia, Filothei)
  • Bizani (Neo Bizani, Koloniati)
  • Asvestochori
  • Kontsika (Kontsika, Synoikismos Kontsikas)
  • Kosmira
  • Manoliasa
  • Pedini (Pedini, Fteri, Chioniasa)

Population

YearPopulation
19913,052
20014,241
20115,124

History

The village and former municipality, gets its name from the nearby fort built by the Ottoman Empire which in turn may have been inspired by the nearby mountain range. Fort Bezhani, as referenced by some groups like the US Congress Committee on Military Affairs,[4] is known in Greek as "Bizani"[5] (also Fort Bijan[6]) was the location of the Battle of Bizani that took place in February 1913 as part of the Balkan Wars as the last stronghold for Ioannina and the remainder of Epirus before ending almost five centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule.

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