Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Aitoloakarnania
Vatos (Βάτος) Aitoloakarnania
Vatos is a mountainous village in Central Greece and the Aitoloakarnania Regional Unit at an altitude of 880 meters[2].
Geographical - Historical information
Vatos is located on a plateau on the western slopes of the Acarnania Mountains, west of the High Peak (1,589 m), which is their highest point. It is 22 km. S.-SE. from Vonitsa and is a livestock settlement with most of its houses abandoned. According to local tradition, the village was created in 1840 by residents of older neighboring settlements (Livadi and Varnaka) who began to build houses closer to their fields and summer pastures[3].
An important religious attraction in the area is the Holy Monastery of Romvos or Panagia Romviotissa, which is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. It is built on the western side of the Acarnania Mountains among rocks overlooking Vatos and the Livadi plateau. According to tradition, it was founded 100 years after the fall of Constantinople and played an important role in the Greek Revolution of 1821[4].
Administrative - population data
It is officially mentioned as a settlement under the name Vato in 1879 in Government Gazette 50A - 25/07/1879 to be annexed to the then municipality of Solli. In 1940 it was corrected to Vatos[5]. According to the Kallikratis plan, it constitutes the Local Community of Vatos, which belongs to the Municipal Unit of Paleros of the Municipality of Aktion - Vonitsa, and according to the 2011 census, 89 residents were registered[6].
Population censuses
Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 145[7] 154[8] 69[9] 53[10] 125[11] 151[12] 89
References
(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
"PERIVOLIA (Settlement) AKTIO - VONITSA - GTP". www.gtp.gr. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
"The ruined village of Vatos in the Acarnania Mountains". AgrinioNews. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
iAitoloakarnania.gr (23 July 2017). "Travelogue to the Holy Monastery of Romvos Vatos or otherwise Panagia Romviatissa". iAitoloakarnania. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
"Administrative Changes of Settlements". EETAA. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
"Official Gazette of results of PERMANENT population Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.", p. 10714 (p. 240 of pdf)
Population of Greece at 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 at the census of 19 March 1961, p. 26.
Population of Greece at 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 at the census of 5 April 1981, p. 34 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece at the census of 17 March 1991, p. 28 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 27 of the pdf.
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