Administrative Region : Epirus
Regional unit : Arta
Rachi (Ράχη) Arta
Rachi is a village in the Municipality of Arta with 570 permanent residents (2011 census) and is approximately 11 kilometers from the city of Arta.[1]
According to the Kapodistrias Plan, Rachi was from 1997 until the end of 2010 part of the Municipality of Amvrakikos with its seat in Aneza. Based on the new administrative division provided for by the Kallikratis Plan, Rachi was incorporated into the Municipality of Arta.[2]
History
Based on the work of Kon. Diamantis entitled "Arta and its surroundings during the times of the revolution", Rachi was a relatively large settlement with 56 families at the time of the outbreak of the Greek Revolution of 1821.[3]
Rachi and the neighboring villages on a map from 1878.
An important source that informs us of the existence of the village is a map kept in the Vienna Museum. It was created by the Austrian army in 1829 and records the Turkish-occupied Balkans. The reference to the map leads us to the conclusion that it was not a small settlement but had a sufficient number of inhabitants to be recorded by the cartographers of the Austrian army.[4]
The village is also mentioned by the British soldier William Martin Leake in his book Travels in northern Greece in 1835. Leake informs us that Rachi, together with Imam Tsaous (present-day Agios Spyridonas), Kostakios and Neochori, was one of the most important villages of the plain.[5]
Panagiotis Aravantinos in his work "Chronographia tis Epirou" of 1856 makes reference to the village and informs us that 33 Christian families lived in Rachi, while the report of the Russian Vice-Consulate of Arta, in 1877, informs us that the village was a legacy of an Ottoman, Ibrahim Efendis, and there was a school and a church.[6][7]
Part of an Austrian map of 1910 depicting Rachi.
I. Kokidis also makes reference to the village in his work "Odoiporika Epirou kai Thessalyas" published by the Greek Ministry of Military Affairs (Athens 1880) and informs us that the province of Arta was divided into 2 regions: the region of Arta and the region of Preveza. The region of Arta was divided in turn into 7 sections: Potamia section, Vryseos section, Radovizi section, Tzoumerka section, Kampos section, Karvasaras section and Lakka section. Rachi was part of Kampos section.[8]
Another notable source is the "History Essay on Arti & Preveza" (published 1884) by Seraphim Xenopoulos, Metropolitan of Arta. According to this source, approximately 30 Christian families lived in the village and attended church at the church of Saint George. The village was the seat of the abbot of the Monastery of Rodia.[9]
An equally important source is the Ottoman census of 1895. According to this census, the village belonged to Kazas Lourou, who was in the sanjak of Preveza, which in turn belonged to the vilayet of Ioannina. Based on this census, 41 families (khanedes) lived in Rachi with a total population of 206 people (115 men, 91 women).[10]
During the unfortunate Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the area around Rachi was temporarily liberated. Rachi was finally liberated in 1912 along with the rest of the plain, which was under Turkish occupation. It is believed that the liberation took place between 6 and 9 October 1912, when the first Greek battalions crossed the Arta bridge.[11][12]
In 1910, the Metropolis of Nikopol and Preveza published the data of the census that it carried out that same year in the entire ecclesiastical region and informed us that Rachi was under the Louros section and that 236 people lived in the village.[13]
Location and Access
Rachi is adjacent to Kalovatos, Polydrosos, Aneza, Agios Spyridonas and Kakovatos.[14] It is connected by road to Arta via the Arta-Koronissia Provincial Road. The village is served by the Arta-Vigla line of the Arta Urban Bus Service.[15]
Demographics
Today the population is 570 permanent residents (2011 census),[1] showing a decrease compared to the 2001 census, where the population was 633 residents.[16] The first time the village exceeded 600 residents was in 1951, while the maximum number of residents was recorded in 1961 with 798 residents.
Population fluctuations are reflected in the table below.[17]
Production and Employment
The main occupation of the village's residents is animal husbandry and agriculture.[18]
Community structures, education and culture
The parish church of Rachi is dedicated to Saint George. Rachi is ecclesiastically affiliated with the Metropolis of Nikopolis and Preveza.[19]
Sports
The village's football team is Aias Rachi, who won the 1985 EPS Arta championship.[20]
References
"Greek census 2011". Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
"Administrative division of the Municipality of Artaia with the Kallikratis Plan". Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
Arta and its surroundings during the times of the revolution, Skoufas Magazine/ Year 5th/ 1960 – Volume 2 p.266
Anthology of historical data from village Agios Spyridonas at Arta and his Region / Anthologie historischer Daten über das Dorf Agios Spyridonas Bei Arta und dessen Region/Anthology of historical data from village Agios Spyridonas at Arta and his Region, Fotis Vrakas [1]
Travels in northern Greece - Volume 4, William Martin Leake, p229.
Chronology of Epirus: of the neighboring Greek and Illyrian countries, running through the events in order from the year of salvation until 1854. / Compiled by Panagiotou Aravantinos, p.320, published 1856.
Archives of the Russian Vice-Consulate of Arta - Preveza, periods 1858 - 1881 [dead link]
Travelogues of Epirus and Thessaly / by the Military Staff Office of the Ministry, I. Kokidis, Athens 1880.
Historical Essay on Arta and Preveza (published 1884).
The Turkish statistics of Epirus in the 1895 Salname, M. Kokolakis
History of the Greco-Turkish War: from the beginning of the last Cretan revolt to the end of the war, written on the basis of official documents and the most reliable information with many images and topographic maps / Elias I. Oikonomopoulos, 1897, p.462.
General Staff of the Army: the Greek army during the Balkan wars 1912-1913.Volumes A-C.
The late Giannio Pasaliki: space, administration and population in Turkish-occupied Epirus (1820-1913), Michalis Kokolakis, p.492 [2]
Driving distances in kilometers between cities, villages, countries
Urban KTEL routes
Population census of 18 March 2001, Hellenic Statistical Authority (EL.STAT.).[3] Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine.
"National Statistical Service of Greece Archives - N.S.Y.E". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
"Local Products of Amvrakiko Prefecture". Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
Parishes of the Holy Metropolis of Nikopolis and Preveza
EPS Arta Champions.
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