Administrative Region : Epirus
Regional unit : Arta
Polydroso (Πολύδροσο) is a village in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece
Polydroso is a village in the Municipality of Arta with 406 permanent residents (2011 census), a few kilometers from the Amvrakikos Gulf and approximately 12 kilometers from the city of Arta.[1]
According to the Kapodistrias Plan, Polydroso was until the end of 2010, a municipal district of the newly established Municipality of Amvrakikos with its headquarters in Aneza. Based on the new administrative division provided for by the Kallikratis Plan, Polydroso was incorporated into the Municipality of Arta.[2] Polydroso together with the settlement of Paleoskamia form the local community of Polydroso with a total population of 442 residents.
History
The old name of the village was Zavaka and from the union with the neighboring village of Maratiou, Polydroso came from. The first source that informs us of the existence of the village is the archives of Venice,[3] in which we learn that in the year 1697, Zavaka and Maratiou, along with many other villages of Arta, paid a tax to the Venetians in exchange for protection from pirate raids.
Based on the work of Kon. Diamantis entitled "Arta and its surroundings during the times of the revolution", Zavaka was a small settlement with 18 families at the time of the outbreak of the Greek Revolution of 1821, while Maratiou was inhabited by 29 families.[4]
Panagiotis Aravantinos in his work "Chronography of Epirus" of 1856 makes reference to the village and informs us that 11 families lived in Zavaka and 29 families in Maratiou.[5]
The report of the Russian Vice-Consulate of Arta, in 1877, informs us that 11 families lived in Zavaka and 14 families in Maratiou.[6]
Another notable source is the “Historical Essay on Arti & Preveza” (published 1884) by Seraphim Xenopoulos, Metropolitan of Arta. According to this source, at that time 20 families lived in the village of Maratiou and the residents attended church in the church of Saint Athanasios.[7]
An equally important source is the Ottoman census of 1895, published under the title "Bin üc yüz on bir sene-i maliyesine mahsus Yanya salnamesi. Yedinci defa olarak" (Ioannina Salnames for the fiscal year 1311, seventh edition).[8] Based on this census, 12 families (khanedes) lived in Zavaka with a total population of 41 people (22 men, 19 women), while 15 families (khanedes) lived in Maratiou with a total population of 85 people (42 men, 43 women).
In 1910, the Metropolis of Nikopolis and Preveza published the census data it carried out that same year throughout the ecclesiastical region and informed us that Zavaka and Maratiou were part of the Louros district and that the two villages had a population of 70 and 88 people respectively.[9]
Location and Access
Polydroso is adjacent to Rachi, Vigla and Aneza.[10] It is connected by road to Arta via the Arta – Koronisia Provincial Road.
The village is served by the Arta – Vigla line of the Arta Urban Bus Service.[11]
Demographics
Today the population stands at 406 permanent residents (2011 census),[1] showing a decrease compared to the 2001 census, where the population stood at 468 residents.[12] The village's population, after years of continuous maintenance above 500 residents (from 1961 to 1981), decreased in the 2001 census, where 497 residents were recorded. The first time the village exceeded 500 residents was in 1961, while the maximum number of residents was recorded in 1971 with 632 residents. With the 2011 census, the population level reached the lowest record in the last 60 years.
Population fluctuations are reflected in the table below.[13]
Sports
The village's football team is Tyella Polydrosou.[14]
References
"Greek census 2011". Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
"Administrative division of the Municipality of Arta with the Kallikrates Plan". Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
Arta in the archives of Venice, "Skoufas" magazine of Arta, issues of 1955-56.
Arta and its surroundings during the times of the revolution, Skoufas Magazine/ Year 5th/ 1960 – Volume 2 p.266
Chronography of Epirus: of the neighboring Greek and Illyrian countries, running through the events in order from the year of salvation to 1854. / Compiled by Panagiotou Aravantinos, p.320, published 1856.
Archives of the Russian Vice Consulate of Arta – Preveza, periods 1858 – 1881[dead link]
Historical essay on Arta and Preveza (published 1884).
The Turkish statistics of Epirus in the 1895 Salname, M. Kokolakis
The late Giannio Pasaliki: space, administration and population in Turkish-occupied Epirus (1820-1913), Michalis Kokolakis, p.492 [1]
Driving distances in kilometers between cities, villages, countries
Urban KTEL routes
Population census of March 18, 2001, Hellenic Statistical Authority (EL.STAT.).[2] Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine.
"Archive of the National Statistical Service of Greece - E.S.Y.E". Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
The Storm is Unstoppable, Monday, January 23, 2012, Onsports.gr
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