Vounena

Local community Vounena
Τοπική Κοινότητα Βουναίνων
(Βούναινα)

Basic data

Greece

Larisa

Kileler

Geographic coordinates

39 ° 30 ′ N , 22 ° 15 ′ E Coordinates: 39 ° 30 ′ N , 22 ° 15 ′ E

Height above d. M.

200 m
(average)

surface

13.125 km²

Residents

305 (2011)

LAU-1 code no.

22040403

Local division

2

Vounena ( Greek Βούναινα ( n. Pl. )) Is a village in the municipality of Kileler in the Greek region of Thessaly .

The local community has 305 inhabitants (2011), who live mainly from agriculture.

Vounena is centrally located in the Thessaly region about 25 km southwest of the city of Larisa and 35 km northeast of Karditsa at an altitude of 169 meters above sea level.

Administrative division

After Thessaly was annexed to Greece, the village of Tsiampaslar ( Τσιαμπασλάρ ) initially belonged to the Trikkala prefecture. Due to its central location in Thessaly and changes in the layout of the administrative units, it changed ownership several times between the prefectures of Trikkala and Karditsa. The renaming in Vounena took place in 1940, the establishment as a rural community ( Κοινότητα Βουναίνων Kinótita Vounénon ) in 1947 and the recognition of Ano Vounena as a settlement of the rural community in 1961. Vounena finally came in 1974 to what was then the Prefecture of Larisa . With the municipal reform in 1997, Vounena was merged with seven other rural municipalities to form the municipality of Krannonas . In the course of the administrative reform in 2010, this was incorporated into the newly created municipality of Kileler .

Population development

Surname	Greek name	code	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Vounena	Βούναινα	2204040301	035	394	278	627	381	309	330	302	345	252
Ano Vounena	Άνω Βούναινα	2204040302					238	122	120	114	066	053
total		22040403	-	-	-	627	619	431	450	416	411	305

Attractions

A little away from the monastery of Agios Nikolaos o Neos ( Άγιος Νικόλαος ο Νέος ) there is a small chapel with a well and a tree stump, it marks the exact place of the martyrdom of Saint Nikolaos. Here he was tortured and executed. Every May 9th, the anniversary of the death of St. Nicholas, a small miracle happens: some trees begin to secrete a red liquid that looks like blood. The locals explain this event with the shed blood of St. Nicholas, who gave his life for the Christian faith.

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
↑ Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). Volume 1 (Τόμος Α, α – κ), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , p. 209., p. 508. (Greek)
↑ Population of Vounena 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek); Census 2011
↑ Agios Nikolaos o Neos (Greek)

[VZ2011-1] Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[2] Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). Volume 1 (Τόμος Α, α – κ), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , p. 209., p. 508. (Greek)

[3] Population of Vounena 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek); Census 2011

[4] Agios Nikolaos o Neos (Greek)