Roustika

Local community Roustika Τοπική Κοινότητα Ρουστίκων (Ρούστικα)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	Crete
Regional district	Rethymno
local community	Rethymno , Nikiforos Fokas district
Geographic coordinates	35 ° 17 '  N , 24 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 17 '  N , 24 ° 23'  E
Height above d. M.	290  m (average)
surface	4,550 km²
Residents	203 (2011)
Population density	44.62 inhabitants / km²
LAU-1 code no.	930912
Local division	2 settlements
Post Code	74055
Telephone code	28310

Roustika ( Greek Ρούστικα ( n. Pl. )) Is a local community in the municipality of Nikiforos Fokas in the municipality of Rethymno on the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete .

location

Roustika is located about 13 kilometers southwest of Rethymno at an altitude of 290 meters.

Origin of name and history

The village name could come from the Arabic name for village Roustak , or from the Latin rusticus (= rural).

The village is said to have existed before the Venetians conquered Crete . It is first mentioned as rustica during the Venetian period . The Ottoman census of 1670 recorded Christian and Muslim villagers in Rustika . In 1881 almost all of the 441 residents were Orthodox Christians.

Apart from a few minor changes, the rural community Roustika (Κοινότητα Ρουστίκων Kinotita Roustikon ) consisted of the two villages Roustika with a few small hamlets and Palelimnos from 1925 to 1997. With the implementation of the municipality reform according to the Kapodistrias program in 1997, it was merged with 13 other rural communities to form the municipality of Nikiforos Fokas, which was incorporated into the municipality of Rethymno through the administrative reform in 2010 . Since then it has had the status of a local community (Τοπική Κοινότητα).

Population development of Roustika

Surname	1913	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Roustika	534	491	514	546	441	354	261	251	233	261	150
Palelimnos	201	69	105	122	90	91	93	73	76	104	53
total		*	619	668	531	445	354	324	309	365	203

* The rural community of Roustika was founded in 1925.

Churches and important buildings

The Profitis Ilias Monastery

The Monastery Prophet Elias was founded in the mid-16th century or early 17th century. Since the first decades of the 17th century, the monastery has been renovated several times and new buildings and chapels have been added. The catholic church of the three-aisled basilica with dome is dedicated to the Holy Trinity (Agia Triada), Profitis Ilias and Agia Zoni. The present shape as well as the wall paintings of the dome and apse emerged after a renovation in the 19th century. The expansions of the monastery district to the east, west and south were added later.

Panagia Church (Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary): Two-nave church in honor of the Blessed Virgin and Christ. The interior is painted with frescoes from 1381.

Panagia and Sotiras Church

Anestis and Manolis Cultural Center Anagnostakis (private collection): Manolis Anagnostakis was a poet.

In Roustika there is also a private museum where traditional Greek costumes can be seen.

Others

On July 27th the village celebrates the name day of Profitis Ilias . The public buses of the KTEL network operate two connections between Roustika and Rethymno every day, except on weekends.

Web links

• Photo gallery, website of the municipality of Rethymno, accessed on April 9, 2012
• Information accessed April 10, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to the 2001 census , p. 125 (PDF, 793 kB)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
3. ↑ Papyrus Larousse Britannica, Athens, 1996, Volume 52.
4. ↑ El. Kryovrysanakis, Rethymniotikos Digest, Typospoudi versions, Rethymnon 1993, p. 185.
5. ↑ Ρούστικα Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Digital Crete (Greek)
6. ↑ Population of Roustika 1913-2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek)
7. ↑ Profitis Ilias Monastery (Roustika) Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Digital Crete (English)
8. ↑ The Cleanest Developed Traditional Settlements, Roustika . Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
9. ↑ KTEL Chania-Rethymno (ΚΤΕΛ Χανίων-Ρεθύμνου) ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2013 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.