Agios Andreas, Ioannina

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Administrative Region : Epirus
Regional unit : Ioannina

Agios Andreas is a settlement and seat of the homonymous local community, of the municipal unit (former municipality) of Selles, of the municipality of Dodona, of the regional unit (former prefecture) of Ioannina, in the region of Epirus, according to the Kallikratis program.[1][2]

Before the Kapodistrias plan and the Kallikratis program, it belonged to the Dodona district of the prefecture of Ioannina, in the geographical department of Epirus.[3][4]

Until 1977, the settlement was called Liviachovo.[3][4][2]

Geographical information

Agios Andreas is a settlement in the southwestern part of the prefecture, between the northeastern ends of the Soulioi Mountains and the southwestern ends of Mount Mitsikeli, at an average elevation of 720 meters. It is 45 km SW of Agia Kyriaki Theriakisiou (seat of the municipality of Dodoni) and approximately 51 km SW of the city of Ioannina. The local community is classified as a rural mountainous settlement, with an area of 12,266 km² (2011).[1][3][4][5][6]

Population
Permanent [1]
Year Population
1991 84
2001 62
2011 73
Actual (de facto) [1][3][4]
Year Population
1961 263
1971 163
1981 121
1991 90
2001 119
2011 89
Administrative changes until "Kallikratis"

As Liviahovo

The settlement was recognized in 1919 and designated as the seat of the community of Liviahovo. In 1977 it was renamed Agios Andreas

As Agios Andreas

With the Government Gazette 244A - 4/12/1997 the settlement was separated from the community of Agios Andreas (Liviahovo) and was annexed to the municipality of Sellon
With the Government Gazette 87A - 07/06/2010 it was separated from the municipality of Sellon and was annexed to the municipality of Dodoni

(Source: https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=17596)
Historical information

The toponym of the settlement is probably of Slavic origin. Etymologically, the meaning - interpretation of the word is not clear. Older scholars-traveling historians have recorded various explanations such as <..due to the air Liva..>, <..the highest point-observatory..>, <..coming from the Slavic ljub (beloved) and the aggressive possessive ending -ονο-..> . During the Ottoman Empire, the area was under the protection of prominent Turks and belonged to the Paramythia sub-administration. At the beginning of the 16th century, the Souliot Federation was created, which gained control of many villages in the area. On a map that survives for the development of the Federation (1746 to 1790), the settlement appears as a "Parasouliotiko" village in the Tsarakovista area. Monasteries and churches played an important role during the years of Turkish rule. The Epirus Revolution began in one of them in 1611. In 1920, Lviahovo was incorporated into the Ioannina sub-district and later into the Dodoni province.

(Source:[7])
Sights

The church of Agios Andreas, from which the settlement took its name
The church of the Transfiguration of the Savior, built in 1751 with rich hagiographic decoration
The church of Agios Demetrios, from which part of the Agios Vimas and a stone-built iconostasis survive.

Associations and Events

The village has two associations: the Brotherhood of Liviahovoites, based in Athens, and the Cultural Center of Agios Andreas, based in the village (in the renovated school premises). A festival is held in the village on July 19-20, while the Liviachovon gathering also takes place in the village but does not have a fixed date (usually every August before the 15th of the month)

References

https://www.statistics.gr/2011-census-pop-hous
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=17596
PL 9:404
PLM 38:303
Ekdosies "Ellada"
Structure 1:209

http://liviachovon.blogspot.com/2013/10/blog-post.html

Sources

Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica, 1978, 2006 (PLM)
Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse, ed. 1963 (PL)
Encyclopedia Structure, 2002-4
"Greece" Publishing Organization, maps (Varelas)

Municipal unit Selles
Community Agios Andreas
Agios Andreas (Άγιος Ανδρέας, ο)
Community Agios Nikolaos
Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος, ο)
Παλιουρή, η
Community Anthochori Dodonis
Anthochori (Ανθοχώρι, το)
Community Artopoula
Artopoula (Αρτοπούλα, η)
Community Asprochori
Asprochori (Ασπροχώρι, το)
Kato Asprochori (Κάτω Ασπροχώρι, το)
Community Valanidia
Valanidia (Βαλανιδιά, η)
Profitis Ilias (Προφήτης Ηλίας, ο)
Community Zotiko
Zotiko (Ζωτικό, το)
Kato Zotiko (Κάτω Ζωτικό, το)
Community Katamachi
Kakolakkos (Κακόλακκος, ο)
Katamachi (Καταμάχη, η)
Community Kerasia
Κερασέα, η
Lozana (Λωζανά, τα)
Community Koumaria
Koumaria (Κουμαριά, η)
Μπούλμου, η
Community Lippa
Ανάληψη, η
Kato Lippa (Κάτω Λίππα, η)
Lippa (Λίππα, η)
Community Baousioi
Kolyzoaioi (Κολυζωαίοι, οι)
Bagaioi (Μπαγαίοι, οι)
Μπαουσιοί, οι
Tyria (Τύρια, η)
Community Pardalitsa
Pardalitsa (Παρδαλίτσα, η)
Pilogranitsa (Πηλογρανίτσα, η)
Community Platania
Πλατάνια, τα
Community Seniko
Domolessa (Δομολεσσά, η)
Μικροχώρι, το
Seniko (Σενίκο, το)

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