Agora, Drama

Administrative Region : East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit : Drama

Agora (Αγορά ) Drama

Agora is a semi-mountainous village of Eastern Macedonia in the Regional Unit of Drama.[1].

General and historical information

Agora is located in the northeast of the Drama plain and the western foothills of the Lekanis Mountains at an altitude of 260 meters[2]. It is 18 km. NE. from Kalampaki (municipal seat) and 16 km. E. from Drama. To the west of the village is Adriani, to the north is Nikiforos and to the southwest is Vathychori. The inhabitants of the village are engaged in agriculture, mainly in the cultivation of vineyards and the production of wine, which has a "Protected Geographical Indication" - PGI.[3] On the south side there is the Park of Diurnal and Nocturnal Birds of Prey which is accessible to people with disabilities.[4]

During the Ottoman Empire, it was called Pazarlar and its Muslim inhabitants moved to Turkey after the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the population exchange, while 72 refugee families (130 people) came and settled in the village.[5] Thus, it is officially mentioned in 1919 in the Government Gazette 251A - 20/11/1919 that it was annexed to the then community of Kiria. In 1927, with the Government Gazette 76A - 02/05/1927, it was renamed Agora.[6] According to the "Kallikratis" Program, it is the local community of Agora, which falls under the municipal unit of Doxatos of the Municipality of Doxatos and according to the 2021 census, it had a population of 101 residents.[7] The local community is characterized as a rural semi-mountainous settlement, with an area of ​​12.779 km² (2011).[8]

Population
Permanent [9][10][11]
Year Population
1991 179
2001 179
2011 101 2021 101
Actual (de facto) [8][12][13]
Year Population
1961 382
1971 240
1981 167
1991 212
2001 192
2011 128
External links

The website of the Park of Diurnal and Nocturnal Birds of Prey in the Agora of Drama

References

Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 184, vol. 1.
«AGORA (Village) DRAMA - GTP». www.gtp.gr. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
«PGE AGORAS - HOME PAGE». PGE AGORA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
«Park of diurnal and nocturnal birds of prey». Things to do and see in Drama. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
«List of refugee settlements in Macedonia». archive.is. June 30, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
«EETAA-Administrative Changes to Settlements». www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
«Official Gazette of results of PERMANENT population», p. 10482 (p. 8 of pdf)
https://www.statistics.gr/2011-census-pop-hous
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_2011_monimos.pdf
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_2001_monimos.pdf
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_1991_monimos.pdf
PL 1:246

PL 2:79

Sources

Encyclopedia Britannica, 1978, 2006 (PL)
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1963 (PL)

Municipal unit Doxato
Municipal Community Agios Athanasios
Agios Athanasios (Άγιος Αθανάσιος, ο)
Municipal Community Doxato
Doxato (Δοξάτο, το)
Municipal Community Kyrgia
Vathyspilo (Βαθύσπηλο, το)
Vathychori (Βαθυχώρι, το)
Evrypedo (Ευρύπεδο, το)
Kyrgia (Κύργια, τα)
Ypsilo (Υψηλόν, το)
Community Agora
Agora (Αγορά, η)
Community Kefalari
Ano Kefalari (Άνω Κεφαλάριο, το)
Κάτω Κεφαλάριο, το
Community Pigadia
Aigeiros (Αίγειρος, ο)
Peristeria (Περιστέρια, τα)
Pigadia (Πηγάδια, τα)

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