Vlachogianni Explained
| Vlachogianni |
| Name Local: | Βλαχογιάννι |
| Type: | community |
| Periph: | Thessaly |
| Periphunit: | Larissa |
| Municipality: | Elassona |
| Population: | 684 |
| Area: | 33.974 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Coordinates: | 39.7417°N 27.3°W |
| Postal Code: | 401 00 |
| Area Code: | +30-2492 |
| Licence: | PI |
| Elevation: | 150 |
Vlachogianni (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βλαχογιάννι, in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /vlaxo'ʝani/) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality, in Greece.[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Potamia, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.[1] [2] The community of Vlachogianni covers an area of 33.974 km2.[3]
History
In the Ottoman tahrir defteri (number 101) of 1521, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name .[4] In 1531, Vlachogianni is mentioned in an Ottoman bey's will.[2] In the end of the 16th century the main occupation of the people's residents was the cultivation of Cannabis sativa.[2] In the beginning of the 19th century the village became a chiflik of Ali Pasha.[2]
In the early 1900s, Vlachogianni was being used as a winter residence by semi-nomadic Aromanians; they were Farsherots, and Pindeans from certain villages in the region of Grevena. Between 1913 and 1914, there were 268 Aromanians that were wintering in Vlachogianni, out of a total population of 689 residents.[5]
Economy
The population of Vlachogianni is occupied in animal husbandry and agriculture (mainly tobacco).[2]
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
- Web site: http://www.elassona.com.gr/m_eparxia/blaxogianni/index.php. el:Βλαχογιάννι. elassona.com.gr. el. 29 November 2014.
- Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation). National Statistical Service of Greece. el.
- Book: Ünal, Uğur . Budak . Mustafa . Bayram . Sabahattin . Yıldıztaş . Mümin . Osmanlı Yer Adları I: Rumeli Eyaleti (1514–1550) . . 2013 . 978-975-19-6238-6 . Özkılınç . Ahmet . Ankara . VII–VIII, 42, 409 . 409 . tr . Coşkun . Ali . Sivridağ . Abdullah . İvlahoyan k., Alasonya n., Alasonya kz., Tırhala l.: TD 101/64.
- Book: Koukoudis, Asterios . Οι Ολύμπιοι Βλάχοι και τα Βλαχομογλενά . 2001 . Ekdoseis Zitros . 9789607760517 . 55, 70, 197–198 . el . 44914571 . Οι Ολύμπιοι Βλάχοι, 1900–1912 [map][...] Αν μάλιστα αναλογιστούμε πως οι ετήσιες εποχιακές μετακινήσεις των ημινομάδων κτηνοτρόφων, ιδιαίτερα από τα βλαχοχώρια της Βόρειας Πίνδου – Γρεβενών, τους έφερναν κάθε χρόνο στους πρόποδες του Ολύμπου, στα χωριά και τα χειμαδιά της Ελασσόνας και της Ποταμιάς, μπορούμε να κατανοήσουμε αυτή τη συνεχή και αδιάκοπη επαφή.[...] Το 1913–14, μετά την απελευθέρωση, και σύμφωνα με εκθέσεις των κατά τόπους δασκάλων, στην επαρχία Ελασσόνας αναφέρονται παραχειμάζοντες ή μόνιμα εγκατεστημένοι Βλάχοι κάτοικοι στα εξής χωριά.[...] Στο Βλαχογιάννι υπήρχαν 689 κάτοικοι, από αυτούς οι 268 ήταν παραχειμάζοντες Βλάχοι..
