Agios Georgios, Lasithi Explained

Agios Georgios
Name Local:Άγιος Γεώργιος Λασιθίου
Type:community
Coordinates:35.1661°N 25.4842°W
Elevation:840
Periph:Crete
Periphunit:Lasithi
Municipality:Oropedio Lasithiou
Population As Of:2021
Population:544

Agios Georgios is a village in the Lasithi Plateau[1] [2] in the island of Crete, and also a municipal unit. Agios Georgios lies at an altitude of 840m (2,760feet). In 1981 its population was 1,030,[3] but has steadily fallen since to 717 in 1991; 541 in 2001, and 490 in 2011.[4]

Locations near Agios Georgios include the small village of Koudoumalia and the village of Avrakode and also Limnakaro Plateau (height 1314m (4,311feet)).

It is the second largest village in Lasithi Plateau, home of a Folklore Museum,[5] the only elementary school in Lasithi Plateau and also the only kindergarten in the Municipality.

It also has a small historical museum[6] pharmacy, hotels and small restaurants.

It is a starting point for an ascent of the Dikti (height 2148m (7,047feet)),[7] and the E4 trail goes through the village.[8] Many people with ancestry from the village of Agios Georgios live now in Heraklion and in Hersonissos.[9] In wintertime, when the Lasithi Plateau is snow-covered, many of the villagers in Agios Georgios would have descended to occupy the settlement of Analipsi on the northern coast of Crete, 5 km west of Hersonisssos and part of the Hersonissos Municipality where they cultivated olives.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lasithi Plateau . interkriti.org . 21 December 2019.
  2. Book: Livingston Vance Watrous . Lasithi: A History of Settlement on a Highland Plain in Crete . 1982 . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens . Princeton, NJ . 9780876615188 .
  3. Web site: Metadata on Censuses. 24 April 2023. e-demography.gr. 16 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210716120745/http://www.e-demography.gr/ElstatPublications/censuses/docs/eDemography_Metadata_Censuses_Doc_000020_gr.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Crete (Greece): Municipalities & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map . www.citypopulation.de . 21 December 2019.
  5. Book: Goddfrey . Jonnie . Karslake . Elizabeth . Landscapes of Eastern Crete . 1986 . Sunflower Books . London . 0948513071 . 34.
  6. Web site: Folklore & Historical Museum of Agios Georgios.
  7. Web site: Trail Kastamonitsa - Tsouli Mnima - Agios Georgios (Lasithi Plateau) - Travel Guide for Island Crete, Greece .
  8. Book: Wilson . Loraine . The high mountains of Crete : the White Mountains and South coast, Psiloritis and Lassithi . 2008 . Cicerone . Cumbria . 9781852845254 . 331 . 2nd.
  9. Rural Population Change in Crete. 205103. Shay. C. Thomas. Beattie. Angela. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 1993. 24. 1. 99–119. 10.2307/205103.
  10. Book: Betancourt . Philip . Temple University Aegean Symposium : a compendium . 2015 . 9781931534826 . 50 . 21 December 2019.