Kallirachi | |
Name Local: | Καλλιράχη |
Type: | community |
Caption Skyline: | Olive tree grove in Kallirachi |
Coordinates: | 40.7°N 57°W |
Elevation: | 145 |
Elevation Max: | 220 |
Periph: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
Periphunit: | Thasos |
Municipality: | Thasos |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 971 |
Kallirachi (el|Καλλιράχη) is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece. As of 2021 the village has a population of 971. The village is located at an average height of 145 m.a.s.l., on the western slope of Mount Metamorphosis.
In tradition, on a hill above the village is located the grave of Sabellius (fl. ca. 215), a priest and theologian banished to the island of Thasos as a heretic.[1] To the west of the village (2.5 km) is the location of a village under the same name (Skala Kallirachi),[2] where the original sixteenth-century village was located, before being abandoned and its residents seeking refuge inland, due to pirate raids.[3] In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 75) of 1519, the settlement was recorded as a town with the name .[4]
The main economic activity of the residents is based on tourism and olive grove plantations in the surrounding area of the village.[5] [6]