Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Achaia
Sinevro (Σινεβρό) Achaia
Sinevro is a village in Achaia and belongs to the Municipality of Aigialeia. It is located on the banks of the Krios River, just above Svirou and at an altitude of approximately 550 meters, with its houses scattered over two levels (neighborhoods). It has a population of 38 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.
Historical data
Residents
According to census data, in 1851 the village was inhabited by 173 people. In the following years, the population fluctuation followed a steady downward trend. Thus, in 1879 the inhabitants decreased to 166. In 1896 they were 121. In 1920, 30 people lived in the village. In 1928, the population more than doubled to 77.
The large demographic change between the 1907 and 1920 censuses is due, according to local accounts, to the movement of residents to fields that were granted to them for cultivation in the village of Dimitropoulos in the wider region of Aigio[2].
An Armenian community has been thriving in the village in recent decades, and a church has also been built[2].
Name
The tradition that refers to how the village got its name is also noteworthy. In ancient times, there was a large forest in the area and many animals lived there, including deer. Because the newborn fawn was called “nevros” and the first residents of the area encountered many small “nevros” in the vicinity, they named their settlement “Sy-nevros”[3]. This name remains to this day. It is one of the few villages in the region that did not change its name during the 1950s.
Although the spelling Sinevro has prevailed in official documents[4], historical sources record it as Synevro.
According to other, local, testimony, there is the view that the name derives etymologically from the word "synevros" as a point that was a meeting place, however, this etymology does not match the spelling "Sinevro"[2].
Administrative development
On 20/04/1835 the village was annexed to the Municipality of Felloi until 1912 when, with the Government Gazette 256A of 28/08/1912, when the municipalities were abolished, it became the seat of the homonymous community[5][6]. With the Government Gazette 119A of 03/06/1944 it was detached from the District of Kalavryta, which it belonged to until then, and was annexed to the District of Aigialeia[5]. With the Government Gazette 244A of 04/12/1997 and the implementation of Kapodistrias, it ceased to be a community and the village was subordinated to the Municipality of Aigeira[5][6]. With the Government Gazette 87A of 07/06/2010 and the implementation of Kallikratis it was subordinated to the Municipality of Aigialeia[5].
Demographic evolution
In 1700 it is mentioned in the Venetian census Grimani as Sviru e Screveno, i.e. it is enumerated together with the village of Svirou, and has a population of 7 families (33 inhabitants)[2].
The demographic evolution of the village according to the national censuses[7][8] is as follows:
1828 1835 1844 1848-1851 1861 1879 1889 1896 1907 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
36 households -
156 inhabitants[2] 42 households -
162 inhabitants[2] 167 inhabitants[2] 32 households -
173 inhabitants[2] 177 inhabitants[2] 166[2] 121[2] 141[2] 180[2] 30[2] 77[2] 85[2] 91[2] 71[2] 84[2] 96[2] 135[2] 97[2][9] 38[10]
Other data
The village's churches are the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, which is also a common parish church for the village of Oasis, as well as those of Agioi Anargyroi, Agioi Georgios and Agioi Nikolaos[2]. The village's neighborhoods are Agioi Anargyroi, Kentro, Pano Geitonia and Tsanaiika[2].
References and footnotes
(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
Louloudis 2010, p. 398.
Rozos, Kostas (2005). Armenianizing towards the American dream. Athens: Ploigos. p. 152. ISBN 960-7464-32-X.
Prefecture of Achaia, Routes (December 9, 2008). "AEGIRA - SINEVRO". Region of Western Greece. Region of Western Greece. Retrieved September 25, 2016.[dead link]
E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of Sinevro Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 09/26/2016.
E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of the Community of Sinevro Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 09/26/2016.
Digital library of E.S.Y.E./EL.STAT.. dlib.statistics.gr. Retrieved: 12/09/2016.
E.E.T.A. - Administrative changes in the T.A. - Census publications. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 12/09/2016.
Resident population: 59 inhabitants. See. E.S.Y.E. - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2001
EL.STAT. - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2011
Sources
Results of the Population-Housing Census 2011 concerning the Resident Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (December 28, 2012).
N.S.Y.E. - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2001, Athens 2004. ISBN 960-86704-8-9.
Kostas N. Rozos, Armenianizing towards the American Dream, Ploigos Publications, Athens 2005. Athens 2005. ISBN 960-7464-32-X. ISBN 978-960-7464-32-3.
Bibliography
Louloudis, Theodoros H. (2010). Achaia. Settlements, settlers, self-government. Patras: Prefectural Enterprise for Cultural Development of South-Eastern Achaia.
| Municipal unit Aigeira |
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| Community Aigeira |
| Aigeira Αιγείρα, η) |
| Community Aiges |
| Aiges (Αιγές, οι) |
| Almyros (Αλμυρός, ο) |
| Lampinos (Λαμπινός, ο) |
| Community Ampelokipoi |
| Ampelokipoi (Αμπελόκηποι, οι) |
| Paliokatona (Παλιοκάτωνα, τα) |
| Pimpaiika (Πιμπαίικα, τα) |
| Community Vela |
| Vela (Βελά, η) |
| Community Exochi |
| Exochi (Εξοχή, η) |
| Community Monastiri |
| Monastiri (Μοναστήρι, το) |
| Community Oasi |
| Oasi (Όασις, η) |
| Community Periothorio |
| Perithorio (Περιθώριο, το) |
| Community Seliana |
| Seliana (Σελιάνα, η) |
| Community Sinevro |
| Sinevro (Σινεβρό, το) |
| Community Chrysanthio |
| Kasaneva (Κασάνεβα, η ) |
| Chrysanthi (Χρυσάνθιο, το) |
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