Vasilopoulo, Aitoloakarnania

Vasilopoulo (Βασιλόπουλον) Aitoloakarnania

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Vasilopoulo is a lowland village in the Aitoloakarnania prefecture with an altitude of 60 meters[2][3].

Geographical - historical information

Vasilopoulo is located at the foot of Mount Veloutsa in the Akarnania Mountains, on the provincial road Astakou - Babinis. The village is 7 km. N. from Astakos, 43 km. N. W. from Aitoliko and 40 km. W. from Agrinio[4].

The original location of the village was further west than the current one, near the old Dragamesto (Karaiskakis) and at an altitude of 140 meters. The old village began to be abandoned after a devastating earthquake that occurred in 1953 and its inhabitants moved further east to its current location where the settlement of Panagia or Achilleio was located. This settlement was renamed Vasilopoulo in 1976 and is almost united with the village of Karaiskakis, Ioannina [2].

The area's attractions are the churches of Agios Georgios the Younger, which was deemed a monument in need of special state protection, as well as the Panagia (Dormition) in the settlement of Achilleios Vasilopoulos as a historical monument[5], which is believed to have been built around 1200-1300 during the Byzantine Empire, which has burned down about twice
Administrative information

It was officially mentioned as a settlement, after the Revolution of 1821, in 1928 with its old name Panagia being annexed to the then community of Vasilopoulos. In 1965, with the Government Gazette 207A - 15/11/1965, it was designated as the seat of the homonymous community of Vasilopoulos and in 1976 with the Government Gazette 144A - 12/06/1976, it was renamed Vasilopoulos.[6] According to the Kallikratis plan, it constitutes the local community of Vasilopoulos, which falls under the municipal unit of Astakos of the Municipality of Xiromeros and according to the 2011 census has a population of 465 residents[7].

Population censuses
Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 633[8] 471[9] 837[10] 782[11] 636[12] 573[13] 465

*Since 1981 the settlement of Panagia has been incorporated

References

(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
User, Super. «Vasilopoulo». www.dimosxiromerou.gr. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
«VASILOPOULO (Village) ASTAKOS - GTP». www.gtp.gr. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
"Driving distances in kilometers between cities, villages - apostaseis.gr". www.apostaseis.gr. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
Nikos, Kapetanakos E. "PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
"EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
"Official Gazette of the results of the 2011 PERMANENT population Census Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.", p. 10724 (p. 250 of pdf)
Population of Greece according to the census of 7 March 1951, p. 18 of pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
Population of Greece according to the census of 19 March 1961, p. 26.
Population of Greece according to the census of 14 March 1971, p. 26 of pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of 5 April 1981, p. 34 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of March 17, 1991, p. 28 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 25 of the pdf.

Municipal unit Astakos
Municipal Community Astakos
Astakos (Αστακός, ο)
Βαλτίον, το
Community Agrampela
Agrampela (Αγράμπελα, τα)
Community Vasilopoulo
Vasilopoulo (Βασιλόπουλον, το)
Community Vliziana
Vliziana (Βλιζιανά, τα)
Community Karaiskakis
Karaiskakis (Καραϊσκάκης, ο)
Community Machairas
Machairas (Μαχαιράς, ο)
Community Bampini
Bampini (Μπαμπίνη, η)
Community Palaiomanina
Palaiomanina (Παλαιομάνινα, η)
Community Prodromos
Prodromos (Πρόδρομος, ο)
Community Skourtou
Skourtou (Σκουρτού, η)
Community Strongylovouni
Manina Vlizianon (Μάνινα Βλιζιανών, η)
Strongylovouni (Στρογγυλοβούνι, το)
Community Chrysovitsa
Chrysovitsa (Χρυσόβιτσα, η)