Agnandia

Local community Agnandia Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγναντιάς (Αγναντιά)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	Thessaly
Regional district	Trikala
local community	Meteora
Parish	Chasia
Geographic coordinates	39 ° 52 ′  N , 21 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 52 ′  N , 21 ° 28 ′  E
Height above d. M.	731  m (average)
surface	43.799 km²
Residents	342 (2011)
LAU-1 code no.	26020803
Local division	2

Agnandia ( Greek Αγναντιά ( f. Sg. )) Is a village in the Greek region of Thessaly . Together with the settlement of Stagiades it forms a local community ( Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγναντιάς Topikí Kinótita Agnandiás ) in the municipality of Chasia in the municipality of Meteora with a total of 342 inhabitants. Until 1930 the village was called Ostrovos .

location

Agnandia is located in the Chasia Mountains in northern Thessaly, on the border with the Western Macedonia region . Neighboring towns are Kakoplevri and Oxynia in the south and Agiofyllo in the east. The small town of Stagiades is about 2 km to the southwest.

Administrative division

After Thessaly was annexed to Greece in 1883, the place then called Ostrovos belonged to the municipality of Oxynia. The rural community of Ostrovos ( Κοινότητα Οστρόβου Kinótita Ostróvou ) was founded in 1912. It consisted of the place of the same name and Stagiades, the renaming from the Slavic Ostrovos to Agnandia took place in 1930. In the course of the municipal reform in 1997, Agnandia was merged with two other rural communities with the municipality of Chasia , which had existed since 1994 , with the implementation of the administrative reform in 2010 this went into the the newly created municipality of Kileler .

Population development of Agnandia

Surname	Greek name	code	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Agnandia	Αγναντιά	2602080301	631	612	658	714	843	699	621	601	411	281
Stagiades	Σταγιάδες ( m. Pl. )	2602080302	161	174	219	238	290	170	159	135	093	061
Moni Kimiseo's Theotokou Stagiadon	Μονή Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου Σταγιάδων		006th		007th	002	002	012	014th	005	-	-
total		26020803	798	786	884	954	1135	881	794	741	504	342

Attractions

The monastery Kimisi Theotokou Stagiadon ( Μονή Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου Σταγιάδων Moní Kimíseos Theotókou Stagiádon ) is located on the eastern outskirts of the village of Stagiades. Little is known about its construction time and history. The former monastery was converted into a nunnery in 1968. The cells and functional rooms of the monastery community surround the Catholic Church , consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos . The cross-domed church is painted with good quality frescoes from the early 17th century. The carved iconostasis with the icons dates from the early 18th century. The narthex is decorated with frescoes by the Epiriot hagiographer Michail tou Michail from 1780. The monastery catholicon was placed under monument protection in 1994.

Web links

• Ιερά Μονή Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου Σταγιάδων Mitropolis Stagi and Meteora (Greek)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 113 (PDF, 793 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
3. ↑ Max Vasmer : The Slavs in Greece . Berlin 1941, Leipzig 1970, p. 95.
4. ↑ Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). Volume 2 (Τόμος Β, λ – ω), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , p. 246. (Greek)
5. ↑ Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). Volume 1 (Τόμος Α, α – κ), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , p. 42. (Greek)
6. ↑ Population of Agnandia 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek); Census 2011
7. ↑ Ναός Αγ. Νικολάου, Καθολικό Μονής Σταγιάδων Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greek)
8. ↑ Greek Law Gazette of March 4, 1994 (ΦΕΚ B148 / 04.03.1994), p. 1277. PDF Online (Greek)