Vovousa
Vovousa
Βοβούσα, Βωβούσα Bãiasa | |
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View of Vovousa (Băiasa) | |
Location within the regional unit | |
Vovousa | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′N 21°03′E / 39.933°N 21.050°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 51.029 km2 (19.702 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 132 |
| • Municipal unit density | 2.59/km2 (6.70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Vovousa (Greek: Βοβούσα or Βωβούσα; Aromanian: Bãiasa)[2] 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 Zagori, of which it is a municipal unit.[3] The municipal unit has an area of 51.029 km2.[4] It is one of the original Zagori villages.[5] Population 132 (2021).[1]
Name
The names of the river Vjosa and village are intertwined.[6] The river in Greek is known as Vovousa by the village of Vovousa and the surrounding area and in Aromanian both are named as Băiasa.[6] Aoos, the ancient form of the river name was preserved in the subsequent forms Voosa and Vovousa as they preserved the f sound of the mainland Doric Greek dialect in the toponym or the later development of a dentolabial v between vowels and by the influence of the Albanian article.[2]
Historian Gottfried Schramm described the Albanian Vjosë (and the Albanian prepositional forms vijosje/vijosja 'trench') as the basis for the Serbo-Croatian Vajusa and Vojuša, whereby either one of the unstressed a or o forms expressed in Aromanian as an unstressed a derived the Aromanian name Băiasa.[2] Linguist Kostas Oikonomou states the toponym was formed in Aromanian from bă ĭasă 'lake, marsh' and derived from the noun baie meaning 'bath, mine' and the suffix -(i)oasă, linked to the Slavic banja and Latin balneum 'bath'.[7]
Geography
Vovousa is located on the river Vjosa and is one of the easternmost villages of Zagori. It is also located near the National Park of Valia Kalda (Valea Caldă in Aromanian/ Romanian, meaning „warm valley”). The single-arched stone bridge of Misios was built in 1748 with a donation by Alexis Mitsios from Vitsa.[8]
History
Vovousa was considered among the largest villages in Zagori.[9] Most of its inhabitants moved in the 19th century to the vicinity of Serres in Macedonia.[9] The village was burnt by the Germans on 23 October 1943.[10]
Demographics
Vovousa has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.[11][12] In the early 21st century, elderly people were bilingual in the community language and Greek, whereas younger residents under 40 might have understood the community language but did not use it.[13] Some Sarakatsani settled in the village during the early 20th century.[12] The Sarakatsani are Greek speakers.[14]
References
- ^ a b "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 c Oikonomou 2002, p. 59.
- ^ "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.
- ^ A. Kathareios (Inspector of the 1st educational region of Epirus) Report of Inspection of Zagorohoria in 1913
- ^ a b Oikonomou 2002, pp. 59, 208.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, p. 208.
- ^ Βασίλης Μηνακάκης (2006). Ζαγοροχώρια. Explorer. p. 139.
It is also located near the National Park of Valia Kalda. The single-arched stone bridge of Mitsios was built in 1748 with a donation by Alexis Mitsios from Vitsa
- ^ a b Λαμπρίδης Ιωάννης "Ζαγοριακά", Τυπογραφείον Αυγής, Αθήνα, 1870
- ^ Βασίλης Μηνακάκης (2006). Ζαγοροχώρια. Explorer. p. 139.
The village was burnt by the Germans on 23 October 1943
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 2, 58.
- ^ a b Kahl 1999, p. 106: "Vovúsa: aromunische Zagorisier, einige Familien Sarakatschanen seit Anfang des 20. Jh.s im Ort seßhaft"
- ^ 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. 2–3. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- ^ Kahl, Thede (1999). "Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt" [The Zagóri Villages in Northern Greece: Economic Unity – Ethnic Diversity]. Ethnologia Balkanica (in German). 3: 114.
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