Malakasi (Greek: Μαλακάσι) is a village and a former municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Meteora, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 157.534 km2.[3] Population 612 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Panagia.

Malakasi
Μαλακάσι
Malakasi is located in Greece
Malakasi
Malakasi
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°48′N 21°20′E / 39.800°N 21.333°E / 39.800; 21.333
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitTrikala
MunicipalityMeteora
Area
 • Municipal unit157.5 km2 (60.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
612
 • Municipal unit density3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Community
134
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΤΚ

Municipal unit edit

The municipal unit of Malakasi includes the settlements of Korydallos, Malakasi, Panagia, Pefki and Trygona.

Geography edit

The village is part of the wider Zagori region,[4] between Epirus and Thessaly.

History edit

The village takes its name from the Malakasii, an Albanian tribe or clan that moved to the area from central Albania in the 14th century.[5][6][7][8] The name most probably refers to the Albanian Malakasii tribe's region of origin in the plain of Mallakastër in southern Albania.[9]

Ottoman period edit

During the Ottoman period, Epirus and Aetolia-Acarnania were divided into five armatolikia: Malakasi, Tzoumerka, Xeromero, Lidorikion, and Venetiko.[10][11]

In May 1871, Malakasi was the seat of the Malakasi nahiye of the Ioannina kaza.[12]

Demographics edit

The village is inhabited by "Vlachs" (Βλαχι),[13] who are called Malakasi and inhabit the villages from Malakasi to Gardiki.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Dionysios A. Zakythēnos (1976). The Making of Modern Greece: From Byzantium to Independence. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-87471-796-9.
  5. ^ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (1976). Migrations and invasions in Greece and adjacent areas. Noyes Press. pp. 39–42. ISBN 978-0-8155-5047-1.
  6. ^ Valentini 1956, p. 306.
  7. ^ Sansaridou-Hendrickx 2017, p. 289.
  8. ^ Fine 1994, p. 253.
  9. ^ Valentini 1956, p. 306
  10. ^ Apostolos Euangelou Vakalopoulos (1976). The Greek Nation, 1453-1669: The Cultural and Economic Background of Modern Greek Society. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-0810-8.
  11. ^ Миодраг Стојановић (1984). Хајдуци и клефти у народном песништву. Српска академија наука и уметности, Балканолошки институт. p. 41.
  12. ^ Константин Леонтьев; Анатолий Васильевич Торкунов (2003). Дипломатические донесения, письма, записки, отчеты 1865-1872. РОССПЭН. p. 319. ISBN 9785824303766.
  13. ^ Tom Winnifrith (1987). The Vlachs: the history of a Balkan people. Duckworth. ISBN 978-0-7156-2135-6.
  14. ^ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Clarendon P.

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