Strongylovouni Explained

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]

Administrative division

The community of Strongylovouni consists of two separate settlements:

History

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]

See also

References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation). National Statistical Service of Greece. el.
  3. Web site: Αστέριος Κουκούδης, Μελέτες για τους Βλάχους. http://www.vlachs.gr/articles/contents-b-7.htm#_ftnref5. el:Οι Αρβανιτόβλαχοι στη Ρούμελη-Στερεά Ελλάδα. 8 February 2014. el.