Administrative Region : Thessaly
Regional unit : Trikala
Xylochori (Ξυλοχώρι) Trikala
Xylochori is a mountain village in Pindos with an altitude of the settlement center[1] 893 meters. It is located on the slope opposite, west of Elati, between the villages of Vrontero and Kalogiroi, in the SW. of Trikala Prefecture. It is 37 km. from Trikala and 5 km. from Elati.[2]
The name of the village
The old name of the village is Tychai (with y and with or without dilators on the i) in sources from the years of the Turkish occupation, in documents of the Greek State, until 1928. In the colloquial language of the area it is pronounced Thai.
In the Ottoman census of 1454/1455 it is mentioned as Tihaji (Stournaras I. Grigorios: Tax administrative units and productive mechanisms in Western Thessaly during the Ottoman period: The case of the timars in the area of Mount Koziaka, p. 122 [3])
Tychai was renamed Xylochori in 1928 (Government Gazette 81Α΄/1928[4]) which is the only settlement name in Greece.
Administrative
Administratively it belongs to the Local Community of Elati, the Municipal Unit of Aithikes, the Municipality of Pyli, the Regional Unit of Trikala. (implementation of the Kallikratis program, law 3852/2010[5] )
Demographic Data
According to the Ottoman census of 1454/1455, there were 10 complete families and 2 adult singles living in the village at that time (Stournaras I. Grigorios: Tax administrative units and productive mechanisms in Western Thessaly during the Ottoman period: The case of the timars in the area of Mount Koziaka, p. 122 [3]).
From official censuses of the Greek State:
Year 1881 1889 1896 1907 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 46[6] 56[7] 70[8] 57[9] 66[10] 79[11] 105[12] 107[13] 110[14] 84[15] 46[16] 41[17] 26[18] 21[19]
References
[Government Gazette 447/1984 issue 4 “Center of the settlement of Xylochori”]. 10/08/1984.
ASPROUDIS, KONSTANTINOS (2013). THE WOOD VILLAGE OF TRIKALA (THE PLACE - THE TIMES - THE PEOPLE). ISBN 978-960-93-5063-1.
Stournaras, Gregory (2012-01-01). «Fiscal administrative units and productive mechanisms in Western Thessaly during the Ottoman period: The case of the timars in the area of Mount Koziaka.». TRIKALINA 32(2012).
ΦΕΚ 81Α / 1928. «http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/fekForm.html#results». External link in |title= (help)
««ΦΕΚ 87Α - 07/06/2010» p. 1793, para. 45.1 (p. 9 of pdf), from EETAA".
""Government Gazette 126A - 02/04/1883" p. 660 (p. 18 of pdf), from EETAA".
""Population: census of 15-16 April 1889", p. 151 (p. 174 of pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Statistical results of the population census of 5-6 October 1896", p. 161 (p. 300 of pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Statistical results of the general population census of 27 October 1907", p. 423 (p. 426 of pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Population of the Kingdom of Greece at the census of 19 December 1920", p. 295 (p. 316 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Population of Greece at the census of 15-16 May 1928", p. 339 (p. 359 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Population of Greece at the census of 16 October 1940", p. 372 (p. 396 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Population of Greece at the census of 7 April 1951", p. 173 (p. 173 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
"Results of the population and housing census of 19 March 1961", Table 1, p. 193 (p. 263 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
"Population of Greece according to the census of 14 March 1971", p. 162 (p. 162 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
"Results of the population and housing census of 5 April 1981", p. 350 (p. 350 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
"Actual population of Greece according to the census of 17 March 1991 by prefectures, provinces, municipalities, communities and settlements", p. 213 (p. 215 of the pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Population - Housing Census of March 18, 2001", p. 202 (p. 204 of pdf), from ELSTAT" (PDF).
""Official Gazette of PERMANENT population results", p. 10627 (p. 153 of pdf), and in Excel format "Permanent Population-Census Results Table 2011" on the ELSTAT website".
| Municipal unit Aithikes |
|---|
| Community Agios Nikolaos |
| Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος, ο) |
| Community Athamania |
| Athamania (Αθαμανία, η) |
| Community Vrontero |
| Vrontero (Βροντερόν, το) |
| Community Gardiki |
| Gardiki (Γαρδίκιον, το) |
| Palaiochori (Παλαιοχώριο, το) |
| Community Desi |
| Vakari (Βακάριον, το) |
| Desi (Δέση, η) |
| Fortosi (Φορτώσι, το) |
| Community Drosochori |
| Drosochori (Δροσοχώριον, το) |
| Community Elati |
| Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος, ο) |
| Vlataneoi (Βλατανέοι, οι) |
| Vlacha (Βλάχα, η) |
| Elati (Ελάτη, η) |
| Lipiota (Λιπιότα, η) |
| Xylochori (Ξυλοχώριον, το) |
| Community Kalogiroi |
| Kalogiroi (Καλόγηροι, οι) |
| Community Neraidochori |
| Neraidochori (Νεραϊδοχώρι, το) |
| Community Pertouli |
| Pertouli (Περτούλιον, το) |
| Community Pyrra |
| Pyrra (Πύρρα, η) |
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