Administrative Region : Central Greece
Regional unit : Evoia
Stavros (Σταυρός) Evoia
Stavros (until 1954 Vertoura[1]) is a village in Dirfyon - Messapia, in the Regional Unit of Evoia. According to the 2011 census, it has 348 inhabitants. It is built amphitheatrically at an altitude of 340 meters.[2] on the western slopes of Dirfi. It is 26 kilometers from Chalkida and 10 kilometers from Psachna. LARCO mines operate near the village.[3]
Historical information
The village is mentioned in an Ottoman tax register of 1474 under the name Vertera. According to the register, it had 4 houses.[4] The village was called Vertoura until 1954. According to one view, the old name of the village comes from the Turkish word for give-give the seal. The new name, according to the residents, is due to the fact that for a time, in order to drive out tuberculosis (tuberculosis), crosses had been erected on the road.[3]
In 1835, Vertoura was annexed to the municipality of Messapia. From 1841 to 1866, when the municipality of Messapia was abolished, it was under the Municipality of Chalkida, but with the Government Gazette 69A - 03/11/1866, the municipality of Messapia was re-established. With the abolition of municipalities in 1912, it was designated as the seat of a community of the same name. With the Kapodistrias plan, it was annexed to the municipality of Messapia and with the Kallikratis program, to the municipality of Dirfyon - Messapion.[5]
Population censuses
Population trends according to censuses:
Census 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 280[2] 349[2] 360[2] 393[2] 371[2] 366[2] 363[2] 367 348
Points of interest
The main church of the village is dedicated to Agios Dimitrios. The church of Agios Ioannis is located at a point overlooking the village. Near the village are the chapels of Agia Anna, with a holy water spring under the church, and Agia Paraskevi.[6]
References
«Pandektis: Vertoura -- Stavros». pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
Stamatelatos, Michael; Vamva-Stamatelatou, Foteini (2006). Geographical Dictionary of Greece. Athens: Ermes. p. 724. ISBN 9603201332.
"Stavros". servitoros.gr. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
Balta, Evangelia (1989). L' Eubee a la fin du XV siecle: economie et population: les registres de l'annee 1474. Athens: Society of Euboean Studies. p. 124, 315.
"Stavros (Euvia)". Administrative Changes of Settlements - Detailed. EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government S.A. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
«Stavros > Destinations/Sights». www.diakopes.gr. Retrieved 28 December 2019.[dead link]
| Municipal unit Messapia |
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| Municipal Community Psachna |
| Makrymalli (Μακρυμάλλη, η) |
| Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννη Καλυβίτη, η |
| Μονή Μακρυμάλλης, η |
| Μονή Παναγίας Γοργοεπηκόου, η |
| Psachna (Ψαχνά, τα) |
| Community Agia Sofia |
| Agia Sofia (Αγία Σοφία, η) |
| Limnionas (Λιμνιώνας, ο) |
| Myloi (Μύλοι, οι) |
| Pigadia (Πηγάδια, τα) |
| Community Attali |
| Attali (Άτταλη, η) |
| Platania (Πλατάνια, τα) |
| Community Kamaritsa |
| Agios (Άγιος, ο) |
| Kamaritsa (Καμαρίτσα, η) |
| Κλιμάκι, το |
| Community Kastella |
| Kastella (Καστέλλα, η) |
| Φτελιά Παραλίας Καστέλλας, η |
| Χλόες, οι |
| Community Kontodespoti |
| Kontodespoti (Κοντοδεσπότι, το) |
| Community Kyparissi |
| Akres (Άκραι, αι) |
| Δροσιά, η |
| Kyparissi (Κυπαρίσσι, το) |
| Community Makrykapa |
| Makrykapa (Μακρυκάπα, η) |
| Community Nerotrivia |
| Δάφνη, η |
| Theotokos (Θεοτόκος, η) |
| Θηλυκόντας, ο |
| Κακοπέρατο, το |
| Nerotrivia (Νεροτριβιά, η) |
| Community Pagontas |
| Markates (Μαρκάται, αι) |
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| Pagontas (Παγώντας, ο) |
| Community Politika |
| Παραλία Πολιτικών, η |
| Politika (Πολιτικά, τα) |
| Community Stavros |
| Stavros (Σταυρός, ο) |
| Community Triada |
| Triada (Τριάδα, η) |
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