Vathypedo
Municipal unit in Greece
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Vathypedo (Greek: Βαθύπεδο, before 1928: Προσβάλα, Prosvala;[2][3] Aromanian: Buzvală)[4] is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit.[5] The municipal unit has an area of 10.127 km2.[6] Its population was 89 in 2021. Vathypedo is located on the slopes of the Sarmanitsa hill and a flat area at a lower altitude is formed and drained by a stream called Goura, a tributary of the Arachthos.[7]
Vathypedo
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Location within the regional unit | |
  Vathypedo | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′N 21°04′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | North Tzoumerka |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 10.127 km2 (3.910 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 89 |
| • Municipal unit density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Name
In the late 19th century scholar Ioannis Lambridis wrote the place name referred to an area 'hilly from sediments', a description of local geographic features.[7] The toponym is derived from the Slavic preposition pro- meaning 'above, through' and the Slavic noun sъvala 'marsh' with the deletion of the unstressed ъ, expressed as u in Greek due to northern phonetics.[7]
