Kondakeika

Local community Kondakeika Τοπική Κοινότητα Κοντακαιίκων (Κοντακαίικα)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	North Aegean
Regional district	Samos
local community	Samos
Parish	Karlovasia
status	Local community
Geographic coordinates	37 ° 48 '  N , 26 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 48 '  N , 26 ° 45'  E
Height above d. M.	138  m
surface	8.300 km²
Residents	962 (2011)
LAU-1 code no.	56010206
Local division	6th
Post Code	83200
Telephone code	22730

The village of Kondakeika ( Greek Κοντακαίικα ( n. Pl. ) Older spelling also Κοντακεΐκα) is located in the northwest of the Greek island of Samos at an altitude of about 180 m on the northwestern foothills of the Ambelos Mountains . The closest places are Ydroussa 3 km south and Karlovasi about 3.5 km west.

Kondakeika has 517 inhabitants and counts with the surrounding settlements of Agios Dimitrios (Άγιος Δημήτριος 231), Agios Ilias (Άγιος Ηλίας 33), Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος 25) and Vryses (Β.

Based on the place name, it is believed that the founders of the place came from the island of Kos . To the west of the village are ruins of a Genoese fort on the Kastrovouni (Καστροβούνι) mountain . Byzantine settlement remains were found in the wider area. The oldest settlement in today's town, Agios Dimitrios , was founded around 1750.

Kondakeika is one of the few villages on Samos that can boast a growing population. On the one hand, this is due to the proximity to the nearby town of Karlovasi; on the other hand, the secure income from agriculture gives the prospect of being able to live in the village. The main line of business is growing vegetables in greenhouses. The cultivation areas extend along the coast to the Karlovasi plain. In the small coastal settlement of Agios Nikolaos , the northernmost place on Samos, a tourist offer is increasingly developing.

With the implementation of the municipality reform according to the Kapodistrias program in 1997, Kondakeika was incorporated into the municipality of Karlovasia. The 2010 administrative reform brought the former municipalities of the island together to form the municipality of Samos . Since the correction of the administrative reform in 2019 in two municipalities, Kondakeika belongs to the municipality of Dytiki Samos .

Population development of Kondakeika

Surname	Greek name	1913	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Kondakeika	Κοντακαίικα	1065	1082¹	1222²	1464	1138	0644	0544	0539	0568	0578	0527
Agios Dimitrios	Άγιος Δημήτριος		0055	0072		0045	0125	0089	0097	0137	0146	0240
Agios Iliad	Άγιος Ηλίας						0134	0082	0066	0065	0064	0033
Agios Nikolaos	Άγιος Νικόλαος		0014th	0012					0025th	0056	0033	0026th
Vryses	Βρύσαι						0112	0086	0097	0062	0083	0136
Chatzistamoulides	Χατζησταμούληδες	0043	0046	0051			0077	0017th	0001	-	-	0000
total			1197	1365	1464	1183	1092	818	825	888	904	962

¹ 1920 together with 14 hamlets and settlements 1082 inhabitants, 716 of them in Kondakeika
² 1928 together with 16 hamlets and settlements 1222 inhabitants, of which 748 inhabitants in Kondakeika

Web links

• Kondakeika on www.samosin.gr (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 117 (PDF, 793 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
3. ^ Population figures of Kondakeika 1913-2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek)