Kallirachi

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Kallirachi Municipality
Δημοτική Κοινότητα Καλλιράχης (Καλληράχη)
Kallirachi (Greece)
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Basic data
Country GreeceGreece Greece
region East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional district Thasos
local community Thasos
Geographic coordinates 40 ° 42 '  N , 24 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 42 '  N , 24 ° 33'  E
surface 23.167 km²
Residents 1018 (2011)
LAU-1 code no. 04010003
Local division 2

The mountain village of Kallirachi ( Greek Καλληράχη ( f. Sg. )) Is located on the west coast of the island of Thasos at 145 to 220 m above sea level. the sea, on the western slope of the Metamorphosis mountain . Together with the coastal town of Skala Kallirachis (Σκάλα Καλλιράχης) located 2.5 km to the west, it forms the municipality of the same name. According to tradition, the grave of the heretic Sabellius, banished to the island, is located on a hill above the village .

The village existed at the beginning of the 16th century during the pirate raids under the name Kakirachi (Κακηράχη) as a place of refuge in the steep summit area of ​​the Metamorphosis mountain and was re-established at its current location after looting and destruction.

Today's place is in the center of a former mining and smelting area , which was of great importance for the extraction of lead, silver and copper on the island of Thasos from antiquity to the Byzantine era. It is believed that gold was also mined in small quantities at the Metamorphosis.

Today the population lives from tourism and agriculture, especially from the extensive olive trees.

Web links

Commons : Kallirachi  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Olive harvest in Thasos / Greece  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Olive oil production in Thasos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
  2. ↑ Sotiris Ierakoudis: Istoria tis Thasou (Ιστορία της Θάσου), Astris / Thasos, 2005, p. 74
  3. ↑ Sotiris Ierakoudis: Istoria tis Thasou (Ιστορία της Θάσου), Astris / Thasos, 2005, pp. 83 and 91
  4. ↑ M. Vavelidis, G. Gialoglou, E. Pernicka, A. Wagner: The non-ferrous metal and iron-manganese deposits of Thasos , in THE ANSCHNITT, Association of Friends of Art and Culture in Mining e. V., Bochum 1988, supplement 6, p. 85 (Metamorphosis), ISBN 3-921533-40-6 .
Location Kallirachis on Thasos