Vlachogianni (Greek: Βλαχογιάννι, Greek pronunciation: [vlaxo'ʝani]) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality, in Greece.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Potamia, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.[2][3] The community of Vlachogianni covers an area of 33.974 km2.[4]
Vlachogianni
Βλαχογιάννι | |
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Vlachogianni | |
Coordinates: 39°44.5′N 22°5.3′E / 39.7417°N 22.0883°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Thessaly |
Regional unit | Larissa |
Municipality | Elassona |
Municipal unit | Potamia |
Area | |
• Community | 33.974 km2 (13.117 sq mi) |
Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 684 |
• Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 401 00 |
Area code(s) | +30-2492 |
Vehicle registration | PI |
In the Ottoman tahrir defteri (number 101) of 1521, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name İvlahoyan.[5] In 1531, Vlachogianni is mentioned in an Ottoman bey's will.[3] In the end of the 16th century the main occupation of the people's residents was the cultivation of Cannabis sativa.[3] In the beginning of the 19th century the village became a chiflik of Ali Pasha.[3]
In the early 1900s, Vlachogianni was being used as a winter residence by semi-nomadic Aromanians; they were Farsherots, and Pindeans from certain villages in the region of Grevena. Between 1913 and 1914, there were 268 Aromanians that were wintering in Vlachogianni, out of a total population of 689 residents.[6]
The population of Vlachogianni is occupied in animal husbandry and agriculture (mainly tobacco).[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001[4] | 891 | — |
2011[7] | 895 | +0.4% |
2021[1] | 684 | −23.6% |
İvlahoyan k., Alasonya n., Alasonya kz., Tırhala l.: TD 101/64
Οι Ολύμπιοι Βλάχοι, 1900–1912 [map] [...] Αν μάλιστα αναλογιστούμε πως οι ετήσιες εποχιακές μετακινήσεις των ημινομάδων κτηνοτρόφων, ιδιαίτερα από τα βλαχοχώρια της Βόρειας Πίνδου – Γρεβενών, τους έφερναν κάθε χρόνο στους πρόποδες του Ολύμπου, στα χωριά και τα χειμαδιά της Ελασσόνας και της Ποταμιάς, μπορούμε να κατανοήσουμε αυτή τη συνεχή και αδιάκοπη επαφή. [...] Το 1913–14, μετά την απελευθέρωση, και σύμφωνα με εκθέσεις των κατά τόπους δασκάλων, στην επαρχία Ελασσόνας αναφέρονται παραχειμάζοντες ή μόνιμα εγκατεστημένοι Βλάχοι κάτοικοι στα εξής χωριά. [...] Στο Βλαχογιάννι υπήρχαν 689 κάτοικοι, από αυτούς οι 268 ήταν παραχειμάζοντες Βλάχοι.