Ioannina Island

Ioannina Island
Νήσος Ιωαννίνων
Ioannina Island

Coordinates: 39°40.6′N 20°52.5′E / 39.6767°N 20.8750°ECoordinates: 39°40.6′N 20°52.5′E / 39.6767°N 20.8750°E
Country Greece
Administrative region Epirus
Regional unit Ioannina
Municipality Ioannina
Population (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit 219
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration ΙΝ

Ioannina Island (Greek: Νήσος Ιωαννίνων) is an island in Lake Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, a municipal unit of the municipality of Ioannina.

Until the 2011 reform of local government, it was a community within the Ioannina regional unit.[2]

Its population in 2001 was 347 and in 2011 was 219.

It is reached by boat from the city of Ioannina or by ferry from the nearby shore.

The island was the location of the monastery of Saint Pantaleon until January 17, 1882.

References

  1. "Detailed census results 2011" (in Greek).
  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)