Administrative Region : Epirus
Regional unit : Preveza
Gorgomylos (Γοργόμυλος) Preveza
Gorgomylos is a village (municipal district) of the Kallikratiko Municipality of Ziros, in the Preveza Regional Unit.[2] It is built on the slopes and at the foot of Mount Xirovouni (on the western side) at an altitude of 700 meters.[3] Gorgomylos belonged, before the implementation of the Kallikratiko plan, to the municipality of Anogeio. Its old name until 1927 was Mouliana[4].
The Municipal Community of Gorgomylos consists of the settlements: Gorgomylos, Agia Paraskevi, Vathi, Geroplatanos, Goura, Kastri, Markates, Neos Gorgomylos, Xirokampos and Chalikia.[2]
According to the Ottoman statistics of 1895, the population of Mouliani amounted to 345 inhabitants (198 men and 147 women) who were distributed in 62 tax khanedes[5].
The first Greek census, carried out in 1913 in the new territories annexed by the Greek state, found a population of 837 inhabitants in the village (436 males, 401 females)[6].
At the 1991 census[dead link], the community of Gorgomylos at that time had 1,107 inhabitants.
At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,035 people. It consists of the settlements of Gorgomylos [40], Agia Paraskevi [49], Vathy [132], Geroplatanos [67], Goura [43], Kastri [144], Markates [55], Neos Gorgomylos [343], Xirokampos [121] and Chalikia [41].
In the 2011 census, the Municipal Community of Gorgomylos showed a large population decline. A total of 604 people were counted. Specifically, the settlements of Gorgomylos [19], Agia Paraskevi [23], Vathy [69], Geroplatanos [52], Goura [22], Kastri [102], Markates [32], Neos Gorgomylos [187], Xirokampos [71] and Chalikia [27].[7]
In the 2021 census, it had a population of 522 people. Specifically, the settlements of Gorgomylos [20], Agia Paraskevi [18], Vathi [66], Geroplatanos [40], Goura [19], Kastri [72], Markates [25], Neos Gorgomylos [173], Xirokampos [70] and Chalikia [19].
Geographical Location
Gorgomylos is located NW of the city of Arta and NE of Filippiada.
The village borders:
NE with Anogeio.
NW with Tsagaropoulos.
W with Kerasonas, old name Kerasovo.
SE with Ammotopos, old name Koumziades or Koumtzades or Koumoutzades.
SW with Gymnotopos, old name Gouliades.
Administrative Development
14/08/1919: Establishment of the Community of Mouliana with headquarters in the settlement of Mouliana[8]
14/08/1919: The settlement of Tsagaropoulon is annexed to the Community of Mouliana
18/12/1920: Recognition of the settlement of Dryma and its annexation to the Community
30/03/1927: The Community is abolished and merged with the Community of Goliades
25/05/1927: Re-establishment of the Community after the revocation of its abolition and annexation to the Community of Gymnotopou
14/05/1928: The Community of Mouliana is renamed the Community of Gorgomylos
16/10/1940: Recognition of the settlement of Koutikatai and its annexation to the Community
16/10/1940: Recognition of the settlement of Koutikatai and its annexation to the Community
16/10/1940: Recognition of the settlement of Gravels and its annexation to the Community
16/10/1940: Recognition of the settlement of Biliarion and its annexation to the Community
16/10/1940: Recognition of the settlement of Goura and its annexation to the Community
16/10/1940: Recognition of the settlement of Pouliana and its annexation to the Community
07/04/1951: Recognition of the settlement of Markatai and its annexation to the Community
07/04/1951: Recognition of the settlement of Kastrion and its annexation to the Community
07/04/1951: Recognition of the settlement of Neos Gorgomylos and its annexation to the Community
07/04/1951: Recognition of the settlement of Vathi and its annexation to the Community
19/06/1951: The settlement Tsagaropoulos is separated from the Community and designated as the seat of the Tsagaropoulos Community
10/10/1955: The settlement of Biliarion of the Community is renamed Agia Paraskevi[9]
10/10/1955: The settlement of Koutikatai of the Community is renamed Geroplatanos
19/03/1961: The settlement of Drymon is separated from the Community and annexed to the Tsagaropoulos Community
15/02/1964: The settlement of Pouliana of the Community is renamed Lefki[10]
04/05/1968: The seat of the Community is transferred from the settlement of Gorgomylos to the settlement of Neos Gorgomylos
14/03/1971: Recognition of the settlement of Xirokampos and its annexation to the Community
14/03/1971: The settlement of Lefki is abolished.
04/12/1997: The settlement of Gorgomylos is detached from the Community and designated as the seat of the Municipality of Anogeio
04/12/1997: The Community is abolished and merged with the Municipality of Anogeio
Access
The most common route to Gorgomylos is from Filippiada: Filippiada - Kampi Artas - Ammotopos (peripheral) - Kastri Gorgomylos - Gymnotopos (peripheral) - Xirokampos (Gorgomylos) - Neos Gorgomylos - Anogeio (peripheral) - Pente pegadia - Terovo... Ioannina. With the completion of the Ionian Road, access to Gorgomylos is via the Gorgomylos interchange.
Attractions in the area
At the location of Kastro, south of the settlement of Kastri Gorgomilo, there is an archaeological site of particular historical value. It is the Ancient City of Orraon, also known as Kastropolis, where ruins of a castle, various buildings, a reservoir, a cemetery and roads are preserved and its foundation dates back to the time of Kassopi.
In Ano Gorgomilo, between the settlements of Geroplatanos (Koutikatos) and Gerodimata, there is a small Church dedicated to the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. Its name is Panagia Agiospiliotissa, because it was built very close to the Agiospilia of Moliana (where the icon of the Virgin Mary was found around the middle of the 10th century AD, from which the Cave was named Agiospilia).
This chapel, along with those of the Holy Apostles in Goura, the Holy Archangels in Vathi and the Holy Demetrius in Markates, have been deemed worthy of preservation by the
Archaeological Service.
Other Information
References
GEOnet Names Server. June 11, 2018. -817845.
"EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica. 18. Papyrus Publishing House. 1996. p. 447.
"Pandektis: Renamings of Settlements". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
Michaels Kokolakis, The Turkish statistics of Epirus in the Salname of 1895, in Workbooks, issue 18, Center for Modern Greek Research, Athens 2008, p. 308.
Kingdom of Greece, Ministry of National Economy, Directorate of Statistics, Census of the inhabitants of the new provinces of Greece in the year 1913, p.74.
"Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population census 2011 Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.", p. 10592 (p. 118 of the pdf)
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"Pandektis: renamings of settlements". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
"Pandektis: renaming of settlements Pouliana -- Lefki". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
| Municipal unit Anogeio |
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| Community Anogeio |
| Ano Drymonas (Άνω Δρυμών, ο) |
| Anogeio (Ανώγειο, το) |
| Community Gorgomylos |
| Agia Paraskevi (Αγία Παρασκευή, η) |
| Vathy (Βαθύ, το) |
| Geroplatanos (Γεροπλάτανος, ο) |
| Goura (Γκούρα, η) |
| Gorgomylos (Γοργόμυλος, ο) |
| Kastri (Καστρίο, το) |
| Markates (Μαρκάτες, οι) |
| Neos Gorgomylos (Νέος Γοργόμυλος, ο) |
| Xirokampos (Ξηρόκαμπος, ο) |
| Chalikia (Χαλίκια, τα) |
| Community Tsagkaropoulo |
| Drymonas (Δρυμών, ο) |
| Tsagkaropoulo (Τσαγκαρόπουλο, το) |
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