Melissourgoi Explained

Melissourgoi
Name Local:	Μελισσουργοί
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	Epirus
Periphunit:	Arta
Population:	264
Population As Of:	2021
Area:	35.51
Coordinates:	39.5167°N 30°W
Licence:	ΑΤ

Melissourgoi is a former community in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, in northwestern Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit of the Central Tzoumerka municipality.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 35.510 km², making it the smallest municipal unit in Central Tzoumerka.^[2] In 2021, it recorded a population of 264.

History

It was formerly an independent municipality, but in 2011, during the local government reform, it merged with Agnanta, Athamania, and Theodoriana to form the municipality of Central Tzoumerka.

Notable people

• Dimitris Tsovolas (1942-), politician
• Ioannis Banias (1939-2012), politician

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .