Vitsi () is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Kastoria regional unit,
West Macedonia,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of
Kastoria
Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
It takes its name from
Mount Vitsi which is the highest point within the municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 135.028 km
2.
The population is 1,145 (2021). It includes the villages of Sidirochori (Σιδηροχώρι),
Foteini (Φωτεινή), Metamorfosi (Μεταμόρφωση), Toichio (Τοιχιό), Vyssinia (Βυσσινιά), Oxya (Οξυά), Polykerasos (Πολυκέρασος) and Poimeniko (Ποιμενικό). The village of Poimeniko has no permanent residents anymore. The seat of the municipality was in Toichio.
References
External links
Official website(in Greek)
Former municipalities in Western Macedonia
Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)
Kastoria
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