Pserimos

Pserimos (Ψέριμος)
Waters	Mediterranean Sea
Archipelago	Dodecanese
Geographical location	36 ° 56 ' N , 27 ° 8' E Coordinates: 36 ° 56 ' N , 27 ° 8' E
length	7.35 km
width	2.5 km
surface	14.615 km²
Highest elevation	268 m
Residents	24 (2017)

The Greek island of Pserimos ( Greek Ψέριμος ( f. Sg. )) Is administered by the municipality of Kalymnos in the South Aegean region .

location

Pserimos is the largest side island of the municipality of Kalymnos. The island is located in the eastern Aegean Sea about 3.5 kilometers north of Kos and five kilometers west of Kalymnos. To the northeast, the shortest distance to the Bodrum Peninsula in Asia Minor ( Bodrum Yarımadası in Turkish ) is eight kilometers. There are some rocky islets in the immediate vicinity of the coast. About a kilometer to the west is the uninhabited island of Platy . The only place and port is Avlakia (Αυλάκια ( n. Pl. )) In the Bay of Pserimos (Όρμος Ψερίμου) on the south side.

The landscape of the arid island is predominantly characterized by low shrub vegetation . Pserimos is hilly to mountainous and reaches the highest point in the northeast at 268 m.

history

According to Homer's ship catalog, Pserimos was part of the Kalydna group. According to the only known inscription of Pserimos, the island was under the control of Kos in the 3rd century AD.

Pserimos has been known for capers since ancient times . Today the municipal administration promotes the cultivation of olive trees , meanwhile about 6000 trees have been planted northeast of the village. The approximately 70 inhabitants live mainly from fishing and tourism. Fish farming is carried out in the large bay in the east .

Apart from the 170 m long beautiful sandy beach lined with several taverns and the church at the northern exit of the village, which is dedicated to the Kimisis tis Panagias (Κοίμησης της Παναγίας Entschαναγίας, 'Dormition of the Virgin'), there are no other sights on the almost exclusively for day tourists visited island. The church Panagia Grafiotissa (Παναγία Γραφιώτισσα) is located about 1.5 km northwest of the village in a long bay .

Population development of Pserimos
year	1947	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Residents	264	233	157	108	072	079	130	080

Contrary to the official information, significantly fewer people live on the island all year round, in winter 2008/2009 a maximum of 30.

education

In order to enable schoolchildren on small islands to attend a secondary school , the Dodecanese prefecture is testing the teleschool in cooperation with the computer science department of the University of the Aegean . An expansion to other small islands and remote communities is planned if the project is successful.

Web links

Commons : Pserimos - collection of images, videos and audio files

General information about Pserimos (Greek)

Individual evidence

↑ Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή [ΕΛΣΤΑΤ] (Ed.): Στατιστική Επετηρίδα της Ελλάδος (Statistical Yearbook of Greece) 2009 & 2010 . Piraeus 2011, p. 47 .

↑ Christy Constantakopoulou: The dance of the islands: insularity, networks, the Athenian empire, and the Aegean world . Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-921595-9 , pp. 330 . P. 215

↑ Κάλυμνος Οικισμοί (Βαθύς, Ψέριμος) nad.gr (Greek)

↑ Population development of Pserimos 1947–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, digital library (Greek)

↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

↑ Μια ριγανοπώλισσα και μια μαθήτρια, Ελληνικό Πανόραμα. ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 122 kB) lekakis.com, Τεύχος 69 (Greek) @1@ 2

↑ First "Teleschool" on the small island of Pserimos. ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 380 kB) Greece News - the weekly magazine, No. 12, Athens, January 8, 2009 @1@ 2

↑ E school comes to the island of Pserimos (PDF; 104 kB) Ο Κόσμος, January 16, 2009

[1] Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή [ΕΛΣΤΑΤ] (Ed.): Στατιστική Επετηρίδα της Ελλάδος (Statistical Yearbook of Greece) 2009 & 2010 . Piraeus 2011, p. 47 .

[2] Christy Constantakopoulou: The dance of the islands: insularity, networks, the Athenian empire, and the Aegean world . Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-921595-9 , pp. 330 . P. 215

[3] Κάλυμνος Οικισμοί (Βαθύς, Ψέριμος) nad.gr (Greek)

[4] Population development of Pserimos 1947–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, digital library (Greek)

[VZ2011-5] Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)