Agios Dimitrios (Kos)

Agios Dimitrios Άγιος Δημήτριος
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	South Aegean
Regional district	Kos
local community	Kos
Parish	Dikeos
Borough	Asfendiou
Geographic coordinates	36 ° 51 ′  N , 27 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 51 ′  N , 27 ° 14 ′  E
Height above d. M.	270  m
Residents	8 (2011)
LAU-1 code no.	6401020102
Post Code	85300
Telephone code	+30 22420
Agios Dimitrios, an almost completely abandoned and largely derelict village on the island of Kos (Greece)

Agios Dimitrios ( Greek Άγιος Δημήτριος ( m. Sg. )) Is a largely dilapidated and abandoned village on the Greek island of Kos .

Surname

The current name of the place is named after the church located here, which is dedicated to St. Dimitrios ( Άγιος Δημήτριος ). Until 1950 the place was called Chaichoutes ( Χαϊχούτες ( m. Pl. )) (Name variants in Latin script : Heihoutes or Haihoutes ).

Location, geography, traffic

Agios Dimitrios is about 7 kilometers as the crow flies southwest of the city ​​of Kos at about 270 to 290 meters above sea level (center of the settlement). The mountain village of Zia is about 2 kilometers as the crow flies. It is about 14 kilometers as the crow flies to Kos Airport.

history

According to the French archaeologist Olivier Rayet , the small hamlet of Khaikoutais ( Χαϊχούταις ) is said to have consisted of 30 houses grouped around a well in the second half of the 19th century . Over the decades, the resident population decreased more and more. Today some houses have been restored and there is a kafenio and a small museum in town.

The village was designated as a “Historic Site” in 2013 because it is a characteristic example of a rural settlement of traditional Dodecanese architecture around 1840.

Population and political structure, economy

Agios Dimitrios belongs to the municipality of Dikeos (Δημοτική Ενότητα Δικαίου) with a total of 7130 inhabitants (2011). Dikeos is divided into two districts, Asfendiou (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Ασφενδιού) with 4094 inhabitants and Pyli 2469 inhabitants (2011). The Asfendiou district includes the localities:

• Zipari (Ζηπάρι ( n. Sg. )) With 3227 inhabitants,
• Agios Dimitrios (Άγιος Δημήτριος ( m. Sg. )) With eight inhabitants,
• Asfendiou (Ασφενδιού ( n. Sg. )) With 87 inhabitants,
• Lagoudi - Zia (Λαγούδι-Ζια ( n. Sg. )) With 151 inhabitants,
• Linopotis (Λινοπότης ( m. Sg. )) With 258 inhabitants, and
• Tigaki (Τιγκάκι ( n. Sg. )) With 363 inhabitants.

year	1947	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Population number Agios Dimitrios	76	184	94	35	10	0	1	8th

Attractions

• the largely abandoned place itself as an open-air museum ,
• a small museum
• Church of Agios Dimitrios ( Εκκλησία Αγίου Δημητρίου Ekklisía Agíou Dimitríou )

literature

• Nikos Varelas: Kos. DumontExtra, DuMont Buchverlag Cologne 2002. ISBN 3-7701-5759-1

Web links

Commons : Agios Dimitrios  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Asfendiou on the community website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
2. ↑ Χαϊχούτες - Άγιος Δημήτριος .
3. ↑ Olivier Rayet: Mémoire sur l'ile de Kos. Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1876, p. 20 Online (French)
4. ↑ ΧΑΪΧΟΥΤΕΣ , website: www.dikaiosnet.gr.
5. ^ Greek government gazette FEK AAP number 154, from May 4, 2012, p. 2092 ΦΕΚ Α.Α.Π. 154/2012, PDF Online (Greek)