Kalpaki | |
Name Local: | Καλπάκι |
Type: | municipal unit |
Periph: | Epirus |
Periphunit: | Ioannina |
Pop Municunit: | 1534 |
Pop Community: | 553 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Area Municunit: | 116.756 |
Area Community: | 13.189 |
Coordinates: | 39.8833°N 57°W |
Licence: | ΙΝ |
Kalpaki (el|Καλπάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] It is situated about 30km (20miles) northwest of Ioannina, and southwest of Konitsa. The municipal unit has an area of 116.756 km2, the community 13.189 km2.[2] The Greek National Road 20 connects Kalpaki with Ioannina and Konitsa. The GR-22 connects Kalpaki with Kakavia, the border crossing into southern Albania.
The municipal unit Kalpaki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Year | Settlement population | Community population | Municipal unit population | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | 586 | - | - | |
1991 | 521 | - | 2,874 | |
2001 | 558 | 754 | 2,324 | |
2011 | 625 | 625 | 1,719 | |
2021 | 547 | 553 | 1,534 |
Kalpaki joined Greece after the Balkan Wars of 1913. The Battle of Elaia–Kalamas took place in the area in November 1940, during the Italian invasion of Greece.