Strongylovouni | |
Name Local: | Στρογγυλοβούνι Sturnari |
Periph: | West Greece |
Periphunit: | Aetolia-Acarnania |
Municipality: | Xiromero |
Municunit: | Astakos |
Pop Community: | 319 |
Area Community: | 18.001 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Coordinates: | 38.5283°N 33.8°W |
Postal Code: | 300 01 |
Area Code: | +30-2632 |
Licence: | AI |
Elevation: | 106 |
Strongylovouni (Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Sturnari) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village and a community of the Xiromero municipality. Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality Astakos, of which it was a municipal district.[1] The 2021 census recorded 319 residents in the community. The community of Strongylovouni covers an area of 18.001 km2.[2]
The community of Strongylovouni consists of two separate settlements:
Strongylovouni, together with the other Aromanian settlements of Aetolia-Acarnania, was created in the midst of the 19th century, by people that fled the village of Mpitsikopoulo, in Epirus, after a string of assaults by Turkish and Albanian bandits.[3]