Echinos
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Echinos
Εχίνος Шахин | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | 673 00 |
Area code(s) | +30-2544 |
Vehicle registration | AH |
Echinos (Greek: Εχίνος; Bulgarian: Шахин, Shahin) is a village and a community in the municipality Myki.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Myki, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 2,780 inhabitants in the community.[1] The community of Echinos covers an area of 85.691 km2.[3]
History
According to the legend Echinos was founded during the 1360s by
The village is first mentioned in an
In the end of the 19th century the renowned explorer of the Rhodope Mountains St. Shishkov traveled through Shahin and wrote about the village that the people were very passionate Muslims and when one meets a woman, she turns her face aside. If you try to talk with her or ask her something, she would call her husband. He also wrote that the village was very rich and even the children used to dress in expensive clothes. The houses were two or three stories all painted in white. Shishkov describes the village more like a little town with some 200 houses.[6]
According to
Administrative division
The community of Echinos consists of two separate settlements:[1]
- Melivoia (population 570)
- Echinos (population 2,210)
Geography
Echinos lies on a valley of the Rhodope Mountains. It is 761 kilometers northeast of Athens, 254 kilometers northeast of Thessaloniki, and 27 kilometers north northeast of Xanthi.
Population
The majority of the population of Echinos are Pomaks.[9]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001[3] | 2,883 | — |
2011[10] | 3,074 | +6.6% |
2021[1] | 2,780 | −9.6% |
Notable people
- Chafiz Sophologiotatos Tzemali (born 1937-03-10) - a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah and mufti of Komotini.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ a b "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
- ^ "ŞAHİN KÖYÜ". Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- OCLC 405458491.
- OCLC 25301398. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- OCLC 404571567. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- OCLC 68572487.
- ^ Hope, Kerin (21 June 2005). "Discrimination fades but isolation stifles Pomak people". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ^ "O Μουφτής". Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-06-22.