Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Aitoloakarnania
Gavrolimni (Γαβρολίμνη) Aitoloakarnania
Gavrolimni is a village in the regional unit of Aitoloakarnania. It belongs to the municipality of Nafpaktia and the former province of Nafpaktia and according to the official data of the 2021 census, its population is 294 inhabitants.[1][2]
Location
Gavrolimni is built at an altitude of 100 meters[2] on a slope of the Kaliakouda hill between the mountains of Varasova and Klokova and the Evinos river. The Argalio stream passes near the settlement. Two kilometers north of the settlement is the Gavrolimni valley, which has dense vegetation consisting of pine trees, olive trees and cypresses.[3][4]
An important settlement of the Local Community of Gavrolimni is the Hania Gavrolimni, located on National Road 5 (Antirrio-Ioannina).
General and historical information
The Byzantine church of Panagia Panaxiotissa.
Previously, the settlement was built at a location 3 kilometers east of its current location, but it seems to have been destroyed in the early 1800s due to a battle between the troops of the Pasaliki of Ioannina and the men of the charioteer Loukas Kaliakoudas, who was killed during the clash.[3][5] In 1844, it was part of the municipality of Nafpaktos and according to the census data of that year it had a population of 170 inhabitants.[6]
Administratively, Gavrolimni belonged to the province of Nafpaktia until 1997. Later, through the "Kapodistrias" plan, it was subordinated to the municipality of Chalkia, while in 2010 it was included within the boundaries of the Chalkia municipal unit of the Kallikratiko municipality of Nafpaktia.[7]
Sights
Two kilometers from Gavrolimni is the Byzantine church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Panaxiotissa, which is a cross-shaped church with a dome and dates back to the late 10th - early 11th century. It is characterized as the best example of Byzantine church architecture, especially the tourlotos - cruciform (transitional) style, in the wider area of Nafpaktia.[2][8] Due to continuous siltation over the centuries, the temple is half a meter below the ground surface.[3] Other attractions include the village's old olive mill, which operated until 1960, and the remains of an ancient settlement at Marmara.[3]
Population Censuses
Census 1844 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021
Population 170[6] 475[9] 349[4] 465[4] 486[4] 505[4] 478[4] 407[4] 436[4] 363[10] 187[11] 294[1]
References
«RESULTS OF PERMANENT POPULATION 2021 BY MUNICIPALITY_21.04.2023» (PDF).
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 71, vol. 8.
"Municipality of Nafpaktia: Gavrolimni". Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
Michael Stamatelatos, Fotini Vamva-Stamatelatou, Geographical Dictionary of Greece, TA NEA, 2012, vol. 1, p. 153.
Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia. Volume One: A–Alarichos. Athens: Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia Publishing. 1927–1928, pp. 216 - 217. OCLC 31255024.
I. D. Stamatakis, Geographical Table of Greece containing the Names, Distances and Population of Municipalities, Cities, Towns and Villages, Published by the Printing House of G. Vlassaridou, Athens, 1846, p. 25.
"Census 2011, p. 51565" (PDF). Retrieved on 4 July 2015.
Aetolia-Acarnania, Places - Monuments - History, published by the Historical - Archaeological Society of Western Central Greece, Agrinio 1995, p. 29 - 30.
Modern Encyclopedia of Eleftheroudakis, volume 6, p. 775.
"Official Gazette of the results of the 2011 PERMANENT population Census Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.", p. 10724 (p. 250 of the pdf)
"2011 Census, p. 51565" (PDF). Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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