Avlonari
| Avlonari Αυλωνάρι | |
|---|---|
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  Avlonari | |
| Coordinates: 38°30′N 24°08′E / 38.500°N 24.133°ECoordinates: 38°30′N 24°08′E / 38.500°N 24.133°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Greece |
| Regional unit | Euboea |
| Municipality | Kymi-Aliveri |
| Municipal unit | Avlon |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Rural | 637 |
| Community[1] | |
| • Population | 1,354 (2011) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Avlonari (Greek: Αυλωνάρι) is a village and a community in the eastern part of the island of Euboea, Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Avlon. In 2011 its population was 637 for the village and 1,354 for the community, which includes the villages Chania, Dafni, Elaia and Lofiskos. Avlonari is situated on a hillside, 13 km northeast of Aliveri, 15 km south of Kymi, Greece and 47 km east of Chalcis.
Population
| Year | Town population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | - | 1,573 |
| 1991 | 776 | - |
| 2001 | 761 | 1,539 |
| 2011 | 637 | 1,354 |
History
Aulon, the ancient name of the town, appears in the Notitiae Episcopatuum, commencing with that of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise (886-912), as a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Athens.[2] No names of its first-millennium bishops are known.[3] After what is termed the Fourth Crusade, Aulon became a diocese of the Latin Church.[4][5]
No longer a residential bishopric, this Aulon is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see, being distinguished from another Aulon by using for the Euboean Aulon the adjective Aulonensis, while the adjective regarding the Aulon in Epirus is Aulonitanus.[6]
During the Venetian rule of Euboea (15th century), twelve towers northeast and north of Avlonari were built to protect the village from raiders, the towers are 50 m tall.
See also
External links
- Avlonari at the GTP Travel Pages
- Video on Avlonari from ERT's travelling program Traveling in Greece (Menoume Ellada) (Greek)
References
- 1 2 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ↑ Heinrich Gelzer, Ungedruckte und ungenügend veröffentlichte Texte der Notitiae episcopatuum, in: Abhandlungen der philosophisch-historische classe der bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1901, p. 556, nº 489.
- ↑ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 226-227
- ↑ Lequien, Oriens christianus, Vol. III, coll. 837-838.
- ↑ Raymond Janin, v. Aulon, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. V, 1931, coll. 671-672
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 842