Magouliana

Magouliana (Greek: Μαγούλιανα) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 117 for the village and 119 for the community, which includes the small village Pan. It sits at 1,365 m above sea level, under the ruined Argyrokastro Castle. Magouliana is 3 km southwest of Lasta, 5 km west of Vytina and 12 km northeast of Dimitsana. It is considered a traditional settlement.

Magouliana

Μαγούλιανα
Magouliana
Coordinates: 37°41′N 22°8′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionPeloponnese
Regional unitArcadia
MunicipalityGortynia
Municipal unitVytina
Community
 • Population119 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Population
YearPopulation villagePopulation community
18151,250-
18512,342-
1861554-
1896902-
1907889-
1920635-
1928796-
1940844-
1950604-
1961471-
1971319-
1981335-
1991257-
2001238256
2011117119

Geography and history

According to several sources, the village was founded between 1530 and 1600 by inhabitants of five settlements, Agios Athanasios (Kastro), Agios Konstantinos (Leivadi), Agios Ioannis (Kampeas), Petrovouni and Megisti or Katsipodas, fleeing from raiding Lalaioi Turks. According to Max Vasmer, the name might derive from the Slavic word Mogyljane ("hill people").[2] The word is also related to the modern Greek μαγούλα (magoula, of Slavic[3][4] or Albanian[5] origin) which means hill or small mound. It was renamed to Argyrokastro in 1927,[6] but it was renamed back to Magouliana in 1929.[7]

People
  • Fotios Chrysanthopoulos (Fotakos), first councillor for Theodoros Kolokotronis
  • Ilias Mariolopoulos, nature meteorologist at the University of Athens
  • Konstantinos Gontikas, politician, minister
  • Dimitrios Gontikas, politician, president of the parliament
  • Andrew Jarvis, Greek-American politician
  • Georgios Kanellopoulos, Supreme Court magistrate
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See also

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. M. Vasmer, Die Slaven in Griechenland (1941), p 155
  3. Triandafillidis dictionary
  4. Die Slaven in Griechenland p 170
  5. Babiniotis dictionary, 2002, p 1033
  6. Name changes of settlements in Greece
  7. Name changes of settlements in Greece
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