Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Achaia
Zarouchla (Ζαρούχλα) Achaia
Zarouchla is a mountainous village, the seat of a former homonymous community, of the former Kalavryta District, in the Prefecture of Achaia. It is one of the Kloukinochoria. It is built at an altitude of 1,020 meters on the southeastern slopes of Mount Krathis, a promontory of the Aroania, near the border with the Prefecture of Corinth and is one of the most mountainous settlements in Achaia. The settlement of Zarouchla is a mountain resort and has several guesthouses and taverns. It is 35 kilometers from Akrata and 110 km. from Patras. Very close to the settlement are Lake Tsivlou and the Kalavryta Ski Center. In the 2011 census, the settlement was found to have a population of 94 residents.[1]
History
It is unknown when Zarouchla was founded. The toponym is probably of Slavic origin.[2] Near the village there are two churches, one from the 12th and the other from the 13th century, which shows that it was already inhabited during the Frankish rule.[3] During the Frankish rule, the area where the village is located was given in 1204 as a fief to the Latin Archbishop of Patras, who then gave it to the Abbey of Cluny.[4] Zarouchla is mentioned in the Venetian census of "Grimani" in 1700 with 808 residents.[5] In 1806, the traveler William Martin Leake passed through there and reported that the village had 200 families, all Greeks as he mentioned, and was built around the Krathi River.[5] Leake states that no Ottomans ever lived in the village and due to its inaccessible location, they did not even pass through there.[5]
During the revolution of 1821, Sotiris Charalambis had hidden in his Tower in Zarouchla to avoid the wrath of the Ottomans.[5] This Tower had in fact been set on fire in about 1796 by Petmezas who believed that Charalambis was pro-Turkish.[5]
From 1835 to 1912 it was a settlement of the Municipality of Nonakris. Due to its geographical location, many residents left the village for lower areas. Residents of Zarouchla in the 19th century went down to the lowlands[5] and are mentioned as settlers of Zarouchleika (a very large district of Patras)[6], Vrachnaiika and Kaminia.[7]
The population of the village in 1971 was 119 residents, in 1981 it reached 155, while according to the 2001 census there were 160 residents. Zarouchla from 1999 to 2010 was a Municipal District of the Municipality of Akrata. Since 2011 it has belonged administratively to the Municipality of Aigialeia.
Demographic data
Year 1700[5] 1806[5] 1928[8] 1940[8] 1951[8] 1961[8] 1971[8] 1981[8] 1991[8] 2001[8] 2011[1]
Population 808 200
families 234 288 157 194 119 155 96 160 94
Sights
The sights of Zarouchla include the tower houses, some of which have been preserved, such as the Zarouchla Tower, and others that have been abandoned, such as the Papadimitropoulos Tower, the Charalambis Tower, etc.[5] as well as Byzantine churches, such as the Holy Trinity, the Taxiarches, the Agios Dimitrios (cemetery) and the Dormition of the Virgin Mary [Panagitsa]. There are many churches with Byzantine frescoes that are preserved in good condition to this day.
Personalities
Sotiris Charalambis[5]
Charalambis Family
References
EL.STAT. - Resident population of Greece. Census 2011
tzathan. "Zarouchla". Gerbesi ( Prophet Elias ) of Achaia. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
Aigiorama, Historical D.D. Zarouchla Archived 2020-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.
"Tourist guide of the Prefecture of Achaia". Archived from the original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
Corpus. Archaeology-History of Civilizations, Periscope Publications, vol. 22 (December 2000), article by Maria P. Belogianni - Argyropoulou, "The Tower of Zarouchla".
Greek Panorama Magazine, Zarouchla[dead link]
Christos P. Koryllou, Geography of Greece. Part I. Prefecture of Achaia, From the Printing House of the "Anesti Konstantinidou" Stores, Athens 1903.
Concise Geographical Dictionary, Stamatelatou, Hermes Publishing
Sources
Results of the Population-Housing Census 2011 concerning the Permanent Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (December 28, 2012).
Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica , vol. 25, p. 369.
M. Kostaras (March 12, 2005). "Zarouchla: Beyond the Lake". Eleftherotypia. Retrieved April 15, 2009.[dead link]
Bibliography
Louloudis, Theodoros H. (2010). Achaia. Settlements, settlers, self-government. Patras: Prefectural Cultural Development Enterprise of South-Eastern Achaia.
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