Administrative Region : Central Greece
Regional unit : Evrytania
Vrangiana (Βραγγιανά ) Evrytania
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Vrangiana is a mountainous village in the prefecture of Evrytania. It is built at an altitude of 1,060 meters on the slopes of Agrafa.[1] It is also called Megala Vrangiana, in contrast to Mikra Vrangiana in Karditsa. It falls administratively under the Kallikratia Municipality of Agrafa and its population, according to the 2011 Census, amounts to 42 residents,[2] who are mainly engaged in livestock farming. It is 77 kilometers from Karpenisi, 15 kilometers from Agrafa and 53 kilometers from Karditsa.
Historical information
The oldest name of the village was Vraniana, which is mentioned in a Meteora codex of the 13th - 14th century.[3] This name came from the large Byzantine family of the Vranades who maintained summer pastures and residences in the area. The Vranas families are mentioned in a 1454 tax census of the Turks as residents of Vrangiana. The name's evolution to Vrangiana is observed in the 20th century.
The community of Vrangiana experienced economic and demographic growth during the Ottoman rule, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
A result of this growth was the establishment by Eugenius the Aitolian in 1661 of a School for higher education (which later received the name Hellenic Museum of Agrafa).[3] His successor was his student Anastasios the Gordian from 1682 to 1728.[3] Then Theophanes, a student of Gordian, took over the direction of the School until approximately 1750.[3] The school is believed to have been destroyed during the revolution of 1770. It is noteworthy that Anastasios Gordios established a library in the school with 4,000 volumes of books, manuscripts and printed matter. After the destruction of the school, the library was dispersed.[4]
In 1806, the village was burned by the Turks, because the inhabitants refused to surrender the armatolos Katsantonis.
Demographic data
The population variation of the village is as follows:[5]
Year Pop.
1889 426
1900 716
1961 646
1991 58
2001 285
2011 42
References
Prefecture of Evrytania, p. 116.
"Population-Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
Prefecture of Evrytania, p. 117.
Prefecture of Evrytania, p. 229.
Ntasios, p. 257.
Bibliography
Christoforos D. Alexakis, The Letters in the Agrafa Area during the Ottoman Rule, Athens 2001.
Christoforos D. Alexakis, Vrangiana Agrafa and the Greek Museum of Agrafa, Athens 1991.
Takis Ntasios, In the Letters, Militos Publications, Athens 1999. ISBN 960-8460-13-1.
Collective work, Prefecture of Evrytania, volume 13, GREECE series, Domis Publications, Athens 2006.
| Municipal unit Agrafa |
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| Community Agrafa |
| Agrafa (Άγραφα, τα) |
| Gavrolisiada (Γαβρολισιάδα, η) |
| Kamaria (Καμάρια, τα) |
| Neraida (Νεράιδα, η) |
| Palaiolakka (Παλαιόλακκα, η) |
| Paramerita (Παραμερίτα, η) |
| Petralona (Πετράλωνα, τα) |
| Community Vrangiana |
| Valari (Βαλάριο, το) |
| Vrangiana (Βραγγιανά, τα) |
| Dendros (Δένδρος, ο) |
| Elatos (Έλατος, ο) |
| Karya (Καρυά, η) |
| Koustesa (Κουστέσα, η) |
| Community Epiniana |
| Anifora (Ανηφόρα, η) |
| Asprorrevma (Ασπρόρρευμα, το) |
| Δροσέλα, η |
| Epiniana (Επινιανά, τα) |
| Pteri (Πτέρη, η) |
| Community Marathos |
| Katsantonis (Κατσαντώνης, ο) |
| Marathos (Μάραθος, ο) |
| Selo (Σέλο, το) |
| Community Monastiraki |
| Kefalovryso (Κεφαλόβρυσο, το) |
| Monastiraki (Μοναστηράκι, το) |
| Community Tridendro |
| Tridendro (Τρίδενδρο, το) |
| Community Trovato |
| Agios Athanasios (Άγιος Αθανάσιος, ο) |
| Kavakia (Καβάκια, τα) |
| Trovato (Τροβάτο, το) |
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