Kavallari (, ) is a village and a community of the Zagori municipality.Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior . Archived 2019-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of East Zagori, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 57 inhabitants in the village. The community of Kavallari covers an area of 21.031 km2. The village is located on the northeastern side of Mt. Mitsikeli.
Name The toponym is a proper name from the surname Kavalaris, stemming from the modern Greek kavalaris and medieval Greek kavallaris, derived from Latin caballarius 'horseman'. The word also exists in Aromanian as căvălar, plural căvălari.
Demographics The village is inhabited by Greeks, and an Aromanian community along with Arvanite families who both have assimilated into the local population.: "Kavallári, Cavalar: griechische Zagorisier, aromunischer Bevölkerungsanteil in übriger Bevölkerung aufgegangen, zugewanderte arvanitische Familien in übriger Bevölkerung aufgegangen" The arrival of Orthodox Albanians (locally called "Arvanites") occurred in the modern period and originate from the wider Souli area in central Greek Epirus.
See also List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit
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