Kalliopi
Καλλιόπη
Kalliopi is located in Greece
Kalliopi
Kalliopi
Coordinates: 39°55′N 25°21′E / 39.917°N 25.350°E / 39.917; 25.350
CountryGreece
Administrative regionNorth Aegean
Regional unitLemnos
MunicipalityLemnos
Municipal unitMoudros
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Rural
207
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kalliopi (Greek: Καλλιόπη) is a settlement in the municipal unit of Moudros, on the Greek island of Limnos. In 2011 its population was 207. It is situated in the eastern part of the island, 1 km southeast of Kontopouli and 1.5 km north of the lagoon Chortarolimni. The village's 3 km long beach is on the Keros Gulf. The gulf is east of the village and was an important port until the late Middle Ages. The name "Keros" meaning "horn" refers to its shape.

Population

YearSettlement population
1981357
1991359
2001334
2011207

History

The village was established around 1200. This may have coincided with the decline of the town Hephaistia. According to local folklore, the first settler was Kalliopi or Kalli, a rich resident of Hephaistia, who was expelled due to improper conduct. The settlement was formerly closer to the sea, near the present locality Ariones. The naval general Georgios Kapetanakis, active in the Greek War of Independence, came from Kalliopi.

See also

Sources

  • Tourptsoglou-Stefanidou Vassiliki, Voyages and Geographical Sources From Lemnos Island (15th-20th Centuries) (Ταξιδιωτικά και γεωγραφικά κείμενα για τη νήσο Λήμνο (15ος-20ος αιώνας) = Taxidiotika ke geografika kimena yia ti niso Limno (15os-20os eonas))
  • Belitsos, Theodoros, Lemnos and its villages by Th. Belitsos 1994.
  • Lemnos Province CD Rom (Cdrom Επαρχείου Λήμνου = CD Rom Eparcheiou Limnou): Lovable Lemnos
  • Belitsos, Theodoros: Historic route in Lemnos: Livadochori, Lemnos Newspapers, p 531 (June 10, 2008).

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
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