Agapi, Tinos

Greece Greece

Administrative Region : South Aegean
Regional unit : Tinos

Agapi (to Agapi or tou Agapiu for the locals) is a village on Tinos. It is the seat of the homonymous local community, the municipal unit of Exombourgo (formerly the municipality of Exombourgo), the municipality of Tinos, the regional unit (former prefecture) of Cyclades, in the South Aegean region. [1][2] Before the Kapodistrias plan and the Kallikratis program, it belonged to the province of Tinos of the Cyclades prefecture, in the geographical department of the Aegean Islands. [3][4]

Geographical data

Agapi is a mainland village in east-central Tinos. It is located in a position facing the north side of the island (Kato Meri), at an average altitude of 100 meters. It is approximately 15 km N. of the capital. [5][6][3][4][7][8][9]

Local community

The local community of Agapi is characterized as a rural semi-mountainous settlement with an area of 11.925 km² (2011). It also includes the settlement of Sklavochori. [1][3][4]
Population
Year 1835 1879 1889 1896 1907 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 339 267 272 301 266 263 298 333 327 (377) 254 (289) 230 (248) 203 (217) 197 (203) 167 (180) 91 (91)
Sources [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

(in parentheses the population of the local community)
Administrative changes up to "Kallikratis"

The settlement was recognized in 1835 and was annexed to the municipality of Perea of Tinos. In 1949 it was designated the seat of the homonymous community. With the Government Gazette 244A - 04/12/1997 it was detached from the community of Agapi and annexed to the municipality of Exombourg. With the Government Gazette 87A - 07/06/2010 it was detached from the municipality of Exombourg and annexed to the municipality of Tinos. [2]

General information

During the Middle Ages the village was called Perasma, because the road leading to the capital of the island passed through there. It is a traditional village, one of the oldest on Tinos, with remarkable architectural elements, dovecotes, stone-built houses, paved streets and ornate arches. [7]

Sights and monuments

The church of Agios Agapitos, a characteristic example of the island's ecclesiastical architecture during the 18th century, to which the village owes its name. It has been classified as a listed monument
The chapels of Agia Sofia and Agios Nikiforos, with frescoes that are remarkable examples of painting from the 17th and 18th centuries. They have been classified as listed monuments
The central square of the village
The "Plystario", where the residents washed their clothes and carpets
The old watermills, accessible by a path
The church of Panagia Vourniotissa, a subdistrict of the Kechrovouni monastery, north of the village. It is celebrated on September 8, as on that day in 1670, according to tradition, the icon of the Virgin Mary was found by fishermen from neighboring Sklavochori
The chapel of Agios Ioannis, next to Panagia Vourniotissa
The beach "Agapian Sea", north of the village, also accessible from the settlement of Kolymbithra

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References

https://www.statistics.gr/2011-census-pop-hous
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=12721
PL 1:75
PLM 1:169
Publications "Ellada"
Structure 1:92
"Holidays", p. 278-9
Maps "ROAD"
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«Population: census of 15-16 April 1889», p. 108 (pdf p. 131), from ELSTAT, Archived 7/11/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
«Statistical results of the population census of 5-6 October 1896», p. 123 (pdf p. 228), from ELSTAT, Archived 7/11/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
«Statistical results of the general population census of 27 October 1907», p. 409 (pdf p. 412), by ELSTAT, Archived 7/11/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Population of the Kingdom of Greece according to the census of 19 December 1920", p. 185 (pdf p. 206), by ELSTAT, Archived 7/6/2015, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Population of Greece according to the census of 15-16 May 1928", p. 219 (pdf p. 239), by ELSTAT, Archived 4/3/2016, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Population of Greece according to the census of 16 October 1940", p. 246 (pdf p. 270), by ELSTAT, Archived 25/4/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Population of Greece at the census of 7 April 1951", p. 122 (pdf p. 122), by ELSTAT, Archived 4/3/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Results of the population - housing census of 19 March 1961", Table 1, p. 278 (pdf p. 348), by ELSTAT, Archived 6/3/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Population of Greece at the census of 14 March 1971", p. 116 (pdf p. 116), by ELSTAT, Archived 24/10/2014, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Results of the population - housing census of 5 April 1981", p. 452 (pdf p. 452), by ELSTAT, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Actual population of Greece according to the census of 17 March 1991 by prefectures, provinces, municipalities, communities and settlements", p. 151 (pdf p. 153), by ELSTAT, Archived 20/8/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
"Population - housing census of 18 March 2001", p. 269 (pdf p. 271), from ELSTAT, Archived 29/7/2017, Retrieved 8/1/2018
«Official Gazette of results of PERMANENT population», p. 10856 (pdf p. 382), and in Excel format «Table of results of PERMANENT Population-Census 2011 Archived 2019-11-28 at the Wayback Machine.» on the ELSTAT website, Archived 24/11/2017, Retrieved 9/1/2018
«Archived copy». Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
«Archived copy». Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

Sources

Encyclopedia Britannica, 1978, 2006
Encyclopedia Britannica, ed. 1963
Encyclopedia Domí, 2002-4
"Greece" Publishing Organization, maps (Varelas)
"Holidays" Magazine, ed. D.O.L., 2010