Administrative Region : Epirus
Regional unit : Arta
Akropotamia (Ακροποταμιά) Arta
Akropotamia is a village in the Municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas with 397 permanent residents (2011 census),[1] in the plain of Arta. The village is located next to the Arachthos River and is approximately 10 kilometers from the city.
According to the Kapodistrias Plan, Akropotamia was until the end of 2010, a municipal district of the newly established Municipality of Arachthos with headquarters in Neochori. Based on the new administrative division provided for by the Kallikratis Plan, Akropotamia was incorporated into the Municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas.[2]
History
The old name of the village was Tsaprali or Tsaprasli. According to Spyridon Aravantinos' work, "History of Ali Pasha of Tepelenlis", Akropotamia was a manor of the Pasha of Ioannina, who owned most of the plain, while based on the work of Kon. Diamantis entitled "Arta and its surroundings during the times of the revolution", Akropotamia was a settlement with 30 families at the time of the outbreak of the Greek Revolution of 1821.[3][4]
Panagiotis Aravantinos in his work "Chronography of Epirus" informs us that, based on the list of the 1845 census, Akropotamia, in terms of ownership, belonged to the state and 38 Christian families lived there.[5] The report of the Russian Vice-Consulate of Arta, in 1877, informs us that 53 Christian families lived in Akropotamia and that the village was state property.[6]
Ifikratis Kokkidis also refers to the village in his work “Travels of Epirus and Thessaly” published by the Greek Ministry of Military Affairs (Athens 1880) and gives us the information that approximately 400 people lived in the village. I. Kokkidis informs us that the province of Arta was divided into 2 regions: the region of Arta and the region of Preveza. The region of Arta was in turn divided into 7 sections: the Potamia section, the Vryseos section, the Radovizi section, the Tzoumerka section, the Kampos section, the Karvasaras section and the Lakka section. Akropotamia was part of the Potamia section.[7]
Akropotamia and the neighboring villages on a map of 1819.
In the “Historical Essay on Arti & Preveza” (ed.1884) by Seraphim Xenopoulos, Metropolitan of Arta, Akropotamia is mentioned. According to this source, at the time of the Metropolitan of Arta’s visit, approximately 60 families lived in the village. The residents attended church in the church of the Transfiguration of the Theotokos, where 3 priests officiated. The Metropolitan of Arta also mentions that in Akropotamia and Pachykalamos there were two schools where two teachers taught and 80 students attended. Xenopoulos informs us that in 1881 some residents of Akropotamia left the village and settled in the free area of Glykorizo, where they founded the holy church of Agia Paraskevi of Rome.[8]
An equally important source is the Ottoman census of 1895 (Salnames of Ioannina for the fiscal year 1311[1895], seventh edition).[9] According to the relevant Ottoman law, which had been in force since 1864, the primary division of the empire was the vilayet ("prefecture" or "general administration"). Each vilayet was divided into sanjaks, and these into kazas. According to this census, the village belonged to Kazas Lourou, who was in the sanjak of Preveza, which in turn belonged to the vilayet of Ioannina. Based on this census, Akropotamia was inhabited by 51 families (khanes) with a total population of 339 people (179 men, 160 women).
During the unfortunate Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the village was temporarily liberated. As reported in the "History of the Greek Nation", the Greek army had liberated the villages of Akropotamia, Keramates, Gavria, Psathotopi, Mytikas, Aneza, Kalogeriko, Vigla, Rahi, Kalovatos, Plisioi, Kirkizates, Strongyli, Zavaka, Kalomodia, Agia Paraskevi, Kostakioi, Neochori, Anthotopos, Chalkiades, Rokka, Agios Spyridonas, Eleftherochori, Kampi and the city of Philippiada by the evening of 23 April 1897.[10] Finally, with the mediation of the European powers and Russia, on 20 September the hostilities ceased and peace was signed.
The final liberation of Akropotamia took place between 6 and 9 October 1912, when the first Greek battalions crossed the Arta bridge and at 2 pm they pushed back the Turks and established themselves in Kostakios and the Maratios area. In the following 2 days, the Greek army occupied and fortified the surrounding villages of Plisios, Rokka, and Chalkiades.
In 1910, the Metropolis of Nikopol and Preveza published the data of the census it carried out that same year throughout the ecclesiastical region and informed us that Akropotamia was under the Louros department and that 400 people lived in the village.[11]
Administrative changes
In 1919, Akropotamia was united with the neighboring community of Pachykalamou.[12] Akropotamia was recognized as an autonomous community in 1928.[13] In 1997, the community was abolished and according to the Kapodistrias Plan, Akropotamia became a municipal district of the Municipality of Arachthos, while based on the Kallikratis Plan, Akropotamia was incorporated into the Municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas.[14]
Demographics
Today, the population amounts to 397 permanent residents (2011 census), showing a decrease compared to the 2001 census, where the population amounted to 547 residents.[15] The first time the village exceeded 500 residents was in 1951, while the maximum number of residents was recorded in 1961 with 662 residents. With the 2011 census, the population level recorded the lowest record of the last 70 years.
Population fluctuations are reflected in the table below.[16]
Location and access
The village is adjacent to the villages: Keramates, Agia Paraskevi, Anthotopos, Neochori and Kalomodia.
Sports
The village's football team is Akratitos Akropotamias.[17]
Notable people
Giannis Anastasiou, former football player, coach.[18][19]
References
Hellenic Statistical Authority (2014) Amendment of Decision No. 11247/28.12.2012 (Government Gazette 3465/Β΄/28.12.2012) and subject "Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census concerning the Permanent Population of the Country. Government Gazette 698/Β΄/20 March 2014 (pdf)
Administrative division of the Municipality of Artaia with the Kallikrates Plan
History of Ali Pasha of Tepelenlis / Sp. P. Aravantinou. Written based on an unpublished work by Panagiotos Aravantinos, 1895, p.601
Arta and its surroundings during the times of the revolution, Skoufas Magazine/ Year 5th/ 1960 – Volume 2 p.266
Chronography of Epirus: of the neighboring Greek and Illyrian countries, running through the events in them in order from the year of salvation until 1854. / Compiled by Panagiotos Aravantinos, p.320, published 1856.
Archives of the Russian Vice-Consulate of Arti - Preveza, 1858 - 1881 [dead link]
Travelogues of Epirus and Thessaly / by the Ministry of Military Staff Office, I. Kokidis, Athens 1880.
Historical Essay on Arti and Preveza (ed. 1884).
The Turkish statistics of Epirus in the 1895 Salname, M. Kokolakis
History of the Greco-Turkish War: from the beginning of the last Cretan revolt to the end of the war, written on the basis of official documents and the most reliable information with many images and topographic maps / Ilias I. Oikonomopoulos, 1897, p. 462.
The late Gianniotiko Pasaliki: area, administration and population in Turkish-occupied Epirus (1820-1913), Michalis Kokolakis, p.492 [1]
The settlement is annexed to the community of Pachykalamou, FET 181A - 14/08/1919.[2][dead link]
The settlement is detached from the community of Pachykalamou and designated as the seat of the community, FET 99A - 10/06/1928.
Administrative division with the Kallikrates Plan
Population census of 18 March 2001, Hellenic Statistical Authority (EL.STAT.).[3] Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine.
"Archive of the National Statistical Service of Greece - N.S.Y.E". Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
Akratatos Akropotamias, E.P.S. Artas
He goes to his homeland for Easter, Espresso.[4][dead link]
Yiannis Anastasiou: "In terms of talent, Panathinaikos excels
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Municipal Community Neochori
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| Neochori (Νεοχώρι, το) |
| Community Agia Paraskevi |
| Agia Paraskevi (Αγία Παρασκευή, η) |
| Anthotopos (Ανθότοπος, ο) |
| Kalomodia (Καλομόδια, τα) |
| Community Akropotamia |
| Akropotamia (Ακροποταμιά, η) |
| Community Loutrotopos |
| Loutrotopos (Λουτρότοπος, ο) |
| Νέος Συνοικισμός Λουτροτόπου, ο |
| Community Pachykalamos |
| Pachykalamos (Παχυκάλαμος, ο) |
| Community Peranthi |
| Peranthi (Περάνθη, η) |
| Community Sykies |
| Sykies (Συκιές, οι) |
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