Agkaryones
Agkaryones
Αγκαρυώνες | |
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UTC+3 (EEST ) |
Agkaryones (
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1920 | 15 |
| 1935 | 45 |
| 1950 | 242 |
| 1960 | 202 |
| 1981 | 135 |
| 1991 | 153 |
| 2001 | 138 |
| 2011 | 116 |
| 2021 | 110 |
History
The village was first mentioned in 1396 in a codex of the
Until the 20th century, Angariones has always been a very small village, with some farms and a small church of St. George. There were 25 families in 1862, it slowly rose to 28 in 1874. It was part of the community of Kontias. In 1928 it became an independent community with only 15 inhabitants, but the population grew with the arrival of refugees and landless people. It had 45 inhabitants in 1935. A water supply with a beautiful fountain was built, trees were planted and a school was opened. Cotton cultivation brought significant growth in the 1940s and 1950s, and the population reached its peak at 242 in 1951. It declined again due to emigration, and in 2011 its population was 116.
See also
Sources
- Tourptsoglou-Stefanidou Vasiliki, Travels and Geographical Texts From Lemnos Island (15th-20th Centuries) (Ταξιδιωτικά και γεωγραφικά κείμενα για τη νήσο Λήμνο (15ος-20ος αιώνας))
- Belitsos, Theodoros, Lemnos and its villages by Th. Belitsos 1994.
- Lemnos Province CD Rom (Cdrom Επαρχείου Λήμνου): Lovable Lemnos
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Αγκαρυώνες (Λέσβου), EETAA local government changes