Distrato
Distrato
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Location within the regional unit | |
Distrato | |
| Coordinates: 40°01′N 21°01′E / 40.017°N 21.017°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Konitsa |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 53.837 km2 (20.787 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,018 m (3,340 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 207 |
| • Municipal unit density | 3.84/km2 (9.96/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Distrato (Greek: Δίστρατο, before 1928: Βριάζα, Vriaza;[2][3] Aromanian: Briaza)[4] is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Konitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.[5] The municipal unit has an area of 53.837 km2.[6] Population 207 (2021). The village is located in a ravine on the right side of the river Vjosa.[7]
Name
Linguist Max Vasmer says the placename Briaza stems from the Slavic Bulgarian word brěza meaning 'birch' with a rendering of the Slavic ě and as ia in Greek.[7] Linguist Yordan Zaimov wrote apart from the possibility of etymologically deriving the toponym from brěza, it is possible it originates from the etymologically related form brěza stemming from berza, in Slavic the word's adjectives are brjaz (masculine) and brjaza (feminine) 'white'.[7]
Linguist Kostas Oikonomou states the location of the village in an Aromanian speaking area increases the likelihood the toponym is derived from the Aromanian noun vreaza, also vreaje meaning 'the dry branch', borrowed from the Bulgarian brěza meaning 'birch'.[8]
History
Distrato was under Italian control during the Second World War and in late 1941 the Aromanians of the village opposed the local Greek school being reopened.[9]
Demographics
Distrato has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.[10][4]
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.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vriaza – Distraton". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Βριάζα – Δίστρατον" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Vriaza – Distraton]. EETAA (in Greek). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ a b Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 147. ISBN 9789607760869.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c Oikonomou 2002, p. 225.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, p. 226.
- ^ Fonzi, Paolo (2019). "Heirs of the Roman Empire? Aromanians and the Fascist Occupation of Greece (1941-1943)". In Grandits, Hannes; Vulesica, Marija; Bougarel, Xavier (eds.). Local Dimensions of the Second World War in Southeastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 38. ISBN 9780429798771.
- ^ Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. pp. 2, 225. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.