Fragkades (, ) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.
Name
The toponym stems from the surname Frangos and the Greek family ending -ades, comparable to suffixes with -as. The surname Frangos is from the ethnic term Frangos meaning 'foreigner, not native' or 'Catholic, not Orthodox', a medieval borrowing in Greek from the Latin Francus.
History The village was settled by the inhabitants of the now deserted villages: Tsanades, Strombetsiko, Christoforo and Linou.
Demographics The village is inhabited by Greeks, and an Aromanian community which has assimilated into the local population.
See also List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit
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