Paleokastro (Samos)

Local community Paleokastro Τοπική Κοινότητα Παλαιοκάστρου (Παλαιόκαστρο)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	North Aegean
Regional district	Samos
local community	Anatoliki Samos
Parish	Vathy
status	Local community
Geographic coordinates	37 ° 44 ′  N , 27 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 44 ′  N , 27 ° 0 ′  E
Height above d. M.	117  m (average)
surface	20.294 km²
Residents	707 (2011)
LAU-1 code no.	56010108
Local division	6th
Post Code	83100
Telephone code	22730-2

The village of Paleokastro ( Greek Παλαιόκαστρο ( n. Sg. )) Is located about 3 km southeast of the city ​​of Samos on the Greek island of the same name . Paleokastro has 502 inhabitants and together with the surrounding settlements it forms the local community Paleokastro ( Τοπική Κοινότητα Παλαιοκάστρου Topikí Kinótita Paleokástrou ) with a total of 707 inhabitants.

location

The local community Paleokastro extends over an area of ​​20.294 km² in the southeast of the island. Mainland Turkey is less than 2 km south across the Strait of Mykali . The local community also includes two uninhabited islands; Kasonisi is a short distance off the east coast and Vareloudi near Psili Ammos on the south coast. The municipality of Vathy borders to the west and north . The settlements Charavgi (also known as Kerveli ) Posidonio , Klima and Psili Ammos are located on the bay-rich coast . The village of Paleokastro is located away from the sea on a small fertile plateau.

history

The remains of an ancient fortification with Cyclops masonry near the village give Paleokastro its name. In Byzantine times, the nearby church of Agios Tryphon was subordinate to the Athos monastery of Ivrion . The village of Paleokastro was first listed in an Ottoman poll tax register with 20 families in 1633 . According to a report from the second half of the 17th century, Palaiocastro had 100 houses and a church. The good wine especially Muscat was mentioned. In 1702, Tournefort mentioned Paleocastro in a list of island villages. In contrast, the description of the Bay of Posidonio as a port is more detailed. At the port known as port des galères were the ruins of an old city with the remains of two temples.

With the implementation of the municipality reform according to the Kapodistrias program in 1997, Paleokastro was incorporated into the municipality of Vathy . After the merger of the former municipalities of the island after the administrative reform in 2010 to form the municipality of Samos ( Δήμος Σάμου Dímos Sámou ), Paleokastro is now part of the newly founded municipality of Anatoliki Samos due to the area correction in 2019 .

Population development of Paleokastro

Surname	Greek name	1913	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Paleokastro	Παλαιόκαστρο	0952	1054	1233	1151	0957	0786	0554	0527	0551	0557	0502
Argyros	Αργυρός										0011	0045
climate	Κλήμα								0002	0011	0006th	0026th
Posidonio	Ποσειδώνιο							0031	0008th	0025th	0037	0031
Charavgi	Χαραυγή								0016	0016	0028	0054
Psili Ammos	Ψιλή Άμμος							0028	0020th	0051	0045	0049
total			1054	1233	1151	957	786	613	573	654	684	707

Web links

• Paleokastro, Municipality of Vathy (Greek)
• Paleokastro on www.samosin.gr (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 116 (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. ↑ Evangelia Balta: Açıl Susam, açı . In: Osmanlı Araştırmaları (The Journal of Ottoman Studies) . No. 19 , 1999, p. 20 . (English)
4. ^ Iosif Georgirinis: A description of the present state of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, and Mount Athos . London 1678, p. 112 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
5. ^ Joseph Pitton de Tournefort: LETTRE X. Description des Isles de Samos de Patmos de Fourni & de Skyros . In: Relation d'un voyage du Levant: fait par ordre du Roi contenant . Paris 1717 ( online ). P. 104
6. ↑ Population of Paleokastro 1913-2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, digital library (Greek)