Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Rethymno
Kentrochori (Κεντροχώρι ) Rethymno
Kentrochori (official: Kentrochorion, until 1933 Doumaergio[2] and Vouidomagergio) is a village and the seat of the homonymous community of the Municipality of Agios Vasileios, in the Regional Unit of Rethymno, Crete. It is 37.5 kilometres from Rethymno and is built at an altitude of 530 m. at the southern foot of Mount Kentros.[3]
Historical information
According to a local legend, during the Byzantine era, a noblewoman named Maria lived in the area, who owned a large area of land, from Mount Kentros to the sea in the south. For the cultivation of all this area, she had brought oxen and pairs of oxen. Both the houses of the herders and the stables of the oxen and other animals were located in the area of the present village, resulting in it being called Vuiomagergio, from the presence of the oxen and the cooks of the herders. The lady herself also built the nearby monastery of the Holy Spirit, where she remained a nun until her death.[3]
The earliest mention of the village is in a contract of 1301, which was drawn up by the notary of Candace. In this contract it is referred to as Vudomaierio. The village is mentioned by Francesco Barocci in 1577 as Vuidhomagiergio in the province of Agios Vasilios. In the Venetian census of 1583 by Kastrofilakas it is mentioned as Vuidhomargiergio with 60 inhabitants, while Vasilikata also mentions the village in 1630, under the name Vuidho Magiero. In the Ottoman census of 1659 it is mentioned as Vidu Mayeryo, with 20 houses.[3]
In the census of 1881 it is mentioned as Doumaergeio in the municipality of Agios Pnevmas and had a purely Christian population of 195 inhabitants. In the census of 1900 it had 246 inhabitants. In the census of 1920 it is mentioned as the seat of the homonymous rural municipality.[3] In 1925, Kentrochori was annexed to the community of Ardaktos, but in 1931 it was designated the seat of a community, which remained until the Kapodistrian administrative division, when the village was annexed to the Municipality of Lampi.[4]
Detailed demographic course of the village according to the censuses:
Census 1900 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population[3] 246 212 251 297 230 216 191 117 72 39
Administrative data
See: Community of Kentrochori
Kentrochori is officially mentioned as a settlement in 1925, with its old name Doumaergio, in Government Gazette 27A - 31/01/1925 to be annexed to the community of Ardaktos and in 1930 in Government Gazette 283A - 14/08/1930 to be designated as the seat of the homonymous newly founded community. In 1933, with the Government Gazette 179A - 05/07/1933, it was renamed Kedrochori and in 1940 it was corrected to Kentrochori. According to the Kallikrates plan and its amendment by Kleisthenis I, together with the settlement of Platane, they form the community of Kentrochori[5] which falls under the municipal unit of Lampi of the municipality of Agios Vasilios, while according to the 2011 census it has a population of 39 residents[6].
References
(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
"Doumaergio -- Kedrochori". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved on 17 December 2019.
Spanakis, Stergios (1993). Towns and villages of Crete over the centuries, volume 1. Heraklion: Graphic Arts G. Detorakis. p. 198.
«Kentrohorion (Rethymno)». Administrative Changes of Settlements - Detailed. EETAA-Hellenic Company for Local Development and Local Government S.A. Retrieved on 21 October 2019.
«Law 4555/2018 - Government Gazette 133/A/19-7-2018 (Articles 1 - 151) (CLOSURE Program) (Codified)». e-nomothesia.gr | Legislation Information Bank. Retrieved on 10 July 2022.
«Government Gazette of results of PERMANENT population Archived 2020-05-20 at the Wayback Machine», p. 10881 (p. 407 of pdf)
| Municipal unit Lampi |
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| Community Agia Galini |
| Agia Galini (Αγία Γαλήνη) |
| Xirokampos (Ξηρόκαμπος, ο) |
| Community Akoumia |
| Akoumia (Ακούμια, τα) |
| Βρύσαι, αι |
| Triopetra (Τριόπετρα) |
| Community Ardaktos |
| Agia Paraskevi (Αγία Παρασκευή) |
| Aktounta (Ακτούντα, τα) |
| Ardaktos (Άρδακτος, ο) |
| Vatos (Βάτος, ο) |
| Community Drimiskos |
| Drimiskos (Δρίμισκος) |
| Community Karines |
| Karines (Καρίναι, αι) |
| Community Kentrochori |
| Kentrochori (Κεντροχώρι, το) |
| Platanes (Πλατανές, ο) |
| Community Kerames |
| Agalianos (Αγαλιανός, ο) |
| Agia Foteini (Αγία Φωτεινή) |
| Kerames (Κεραμές, ο) |
| Community Kissos |
| Kissos (Κισσός, ο) |
| Kissou Kampos (Κισσού Κάμπος, ο) |
| Community Krya Vrysi |
| Krya Vrysi (Κρύα Βρύση) |
| Nea Krya Vrysi (Νέα Κρύα Βρύση) |
| Community Lampini |
| Lampini (Λαμπινή) |
| Community Melampes |
| Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος, ο) |
| Melampes (Μέλαμπες, αι) |
| Community Mourne |
| Mourne (Μουρνέ) |
| Community Myxorrouma |
| Agia Pelagia (Αγία Πελαγία) |
| Ano Myxorrouma (Άνω Μυξόρρουμα, το) |
| Myxorrouma (Μυξόρρουμα, το) |
| Frati (Φρατίον, το) |
| Community Orne |
| Orne (Ορνέ) |
| Community Saktouria |
| Agios Pavlos (Άγιος Παύλος, ο) |
| Kato Saktouria (Κάτω Σακτούρια, τα) |
| Παξιμάδια δύο, τα (νησίς) |
| Παξιμάδια ένα, τα (νησίς) |
| Saktouria (Σακτούρια, τα) |
| Community Spili |
| Δαριβιανά, τα |
| Spili (Σπήλιον, το) |
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