Ziros (Municipality, Greece)

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Last modified: 2015-08-15 by ivan sache
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• Presentation of Ziros
• Former municipality of Filippiada

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• Greece
• Epirus - Western Macedonia (Greece)

Presentation of Ziros

The municipality of Ziros (13,892 inhabitants in 2011; 38,620 ha) was formed in the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Anogeio (Ανώγειο, 1,539 inh.), Filippiada (Φιλιππιάδα, seat of the municipality, 8,429 inh.), Kranea (Κρανέα, 1,052 inh.) and Thesprotiko (Θεσπρωτικό, 5,474 inh.).

Olivier Touzeau, 28 January 2015

Former municipality of Filippiada

Flag of Filippiada - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 24 January 2015

Filippiada is situated at the foot of low hills on the right bank of river Louros. The area of Filippiada has been inhabited since at least the 8th and 7th centuries BC. The ancient cities of Charadron (Χάραδρον) and Bouchetion (Βουχέτιον, on which the medieval Byzantine castle of Rogoi was built) were located here.

The flag of Filippiada (Kokkonis website) was blue with a Greek white cross, and a wite disk in the middle of the flag with the emblem of the municipality.

Olivier Touzeau, 28 January 2015