Elati, Ioannina

Elati is a mountain village in the prefecture of Ioannina within the boundaries of the beautiful municipality of Zagori. It is located in the northern part of Mount Mitsikeli at an altitude of 960 meters, near the village of Asprangeli. Its population according to the 2011 census is 49 inhabitants.

General information

The settlement was formed around the 16th century by cattle breeders from the areas of Gavrisii, Petsali and Zlarovo. The main activity of the inhabitants was the timber trade, while later a large part of the population was expropriated since the settlement is in barren land and agricultural production has always been poor.

It used to be called Boultsi, but in 1926 it got its current name. The village was badly damaged by the German occupiers, who on July 14, 1943, almost completely burned down the village in retaliation for guerrilla action in the area.

Administratively, after the liberation of Epirus, Elati had been subject to the province of Ioannina, later it was subject to the province of Dodoni while from 1997 to 2010 it was located in the municipality of Central Zagori. Elati is characterized as a traditional settlement [1] while in August 2005 it was officially recognized by presidential decree as a martyr village [5].

Population censuses

Census 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 1991 2001 2011
Population 123 [2] 160 [1] 69 [1] 47 [1] 26 [1] 47 [1] 46 [1] 42 [6] 49 [7]

References

Stamatelatos Michael - Vamba Stamatelatou Fotini, Geographical Dictionary of Greece, TA NEA, 2012, Volume I, p. 213.
Contemporary Encyclopedia Eleftheroudaki, volume 9, p. 195.
Pandektis - Institute of Modern Greek Studies
"Network of Martyrs' Villages and Cities of Greece, Elati". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
Government Gazette 195A / 5-8-2005
Census 2001, p. 276.
How many of us live in Epirus - The full 2011 census was filed on 2016-03-04 at Wayback Machine.

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