Askites, Rhodopi

Administrative Region : East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit : Rhodopi

Askites (Ασκητές) Rhodopi

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Askites is a lowland village of Thrace in the Rhodope Regional Unit.[1]

Geography - History

Askites is located towards the eastern border with the Evros Regional Unit, on the eastern edge of the Komotini plain and the northern foothills of Mount Ismaros at an altitude of 120 meters[2]. It is 19 km. SW. from Sapes (seat of the municipality), 30 km. SE. from Komotini and 41 km. W.-NW. from Alexandroupoli. At the location "Karga dere" and "Fournakos" there are tombs carved into the rock that are likely from the early Christian period.[3] The old name of the village, before the liberation, was Sofoular or Milios and in 1871 the doctor M. Melirritos mentions in his book "Historical and geographical description from an ecclesiastical perspective of the Theosostos province of Maroneia" that 356 Greeks, 177 Ottomans and 74 refugees lived there. In 1926, refugees from the Cappadocia region settled there, the majority of whom were from the villages of Agyrna and Agorya.[4] It is officially mentioned as Ascites, after the liberation, in 1924 in the Official Gazette 194A - 14/08/1924, annexing it to the then community of Maroneia.[5] According to the "Kallikratis" Program, together with Maroneia, Ano Askites, Agios Charalambos and Platanitis, it forms the local community of Maroneia, which falls under the municipal unit of Maroneia of the Municipality of Maroneia - Sapes and, according to the 2011 census, has a population of 68 residents.[6]

Population
Permanent [7][8][9]

Year Population
1991 121
2001 94
2011 68
Actual (de facto) [10][11][12]
Year Population
1961 385
1971 243
1981 197
1991 136
2001 102
2011 67

References

Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 225, vol. 5.
«ASKITES (Village) KOMOTINI - GTP». www.gtp.gr. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
«Thracian Electronic Treasure - History». www.xanthi.ilsp.gr. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
«ARSAKEIO - ASKITES». oisapes.mysch.gr. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
«EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements». www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
«Official Gazette of results of PERMANENT population Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine», p. 10481 (p. 7 of pdf)
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 3:743
PL 11:419

https://www.statistics.gr/2011-census-pop-hous

Sources

Encyclopedia Britannica, 1996, 2006 (PL)
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1963 (PL)

Municipal unit Maroneia
Municipal Community Amaranta
Amaranta (Αμάραντα, τα)
Βάκος, ο
Isalo (Ίσαλο, το)
Καλλιθέα, η
Πάμφορο, το
Municipal Community Xylagani
Εργάνη, η
Νέα Πέτρα, η
Xylagani (Ξυλαγανή, η)
Community Imeros
Ampelakia (Αμπελάκια, τα)
Imeros (Ίμερος, ο)
Community Maroneia
Agios Charalambos (Άγιος Χαράλαμπος, ο)
Ano Askites (Άνω Ασκητές, οι)
Askites (Ασκητές, οι)
Maroneia (Μαρώνεια, η)
Πλατανίτης, ο
Community Mirana
Βέννα, η
Mirana (Μίρανα, τα)
Σαλμώνη, η
Community Pelagia
Pelagia (Πελαγία, η)
Community Proskynites
Αλκυών, η
Κρυονέρι, το
Λεύκες, οι
Οικισμός προσωπικού ΔΕΗ, ο
Proskynites (Προσκυνητές, οι)
Προφήτης Ηλίας, ο

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