Tristeno (Greek: Τρίστενο; older name Δριστένικο, Dristeniko), is a village and a community of the Zagori municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of East Zagori, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 55 inhabitants in the village.[1] The community of Tristeno covers an area of 15.325 km2.[3]
Tristeno
Τρίστενο | |
|---|---|
  Tristeno | |
| Coordinates: 39°47.6′N 21°0.1′E / 39.7933°N 21.0017°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | East Zagori |
| Area | |
| • Community | 15.325 km2 (5.917 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 55 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 440 14 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2656 |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
History edit
Although no memories are preserved among the local population of any past Orthodox Christian Albanian presence, Albanian linguistic remnants in the local Greek speech may point that they were the first settlers of the village. This would also explain the local Aromanian name of the village given the nearby Aromanian settlement of Zagori (Arbineshi, "Albanian village").[4][5] Kahl (1999) suggests that the village might have been a mixed Albanian-Aromanian village, while Koukoudēs (2003) argues that it shouldn't be included among Vlach villages.[6][7]
The Tristeno of Eastern Zagori is not known when it was created as a village. It was first recorded in a golden edict of 1319 (a type of concession) of Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II.[8] It referred to a lord of Ioannina called Drestenikos, whose name existed at least until the last century in Ioannina.[citation needed]
Apparently from the name of this Byzantine honorary, the village was named Drestenikos Greek: Δρεστένικος and later Dresteniko Greek: Δρεστένικο and Ntresteniko Greek: Ντρεστένικο. Several years after the liberation of Epirus (1912-1913), in 1927 with a decree[9] (ΦΕΚ 76/1927), it was renamed Tristeno, out of the three straits that exist above the village.
The first settlers are mentioned as shepherds from Himarra who brought their sheep for grazing in Zagori in the summer. This version is not accepted by the village's inhabitants who oppose the view that the first settlers came from Veria and were craftsmen.[citation needed]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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 "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.
- ^ Kahl 1999, pp. 113–14: Auch wenn die heutige Bevölkerung keinerlei Erinnerung an arvanitische Vorfahren bewahrt hat, legen albanische Sprachreste in ihrem Griechisch nahe, daß die ersten Siedler des Dorfes Arvaniten gewesen sind. Dies würde auch seinen aromunischen Namen erklären: Arbineși heißt „das albanische“. Arvanitische Familien haben sich in mindestens zwölf Dörfern in Zagóri angesiedelt
- ^ Koukoudēs 2003, p. 161: "though it is said that there were many Albanian loanwords in the Greek dialect spoken there . With all this in mind, it is understandable why the inhabitants of the other villages in Vlahozagoro call Tristeno "Arbinesi", which in Vlach means "Albanian village"
- ^ Kahl 1999, pp. 106, 114: Trísteno ... grazisierte Aromunen ?
- ^ Koukoudēs 2003, p. 147: Tristeno should not be regarded as a Vlach village, indeed it may never have been
- ^ Koukoudēs 2003, p. 150: "A chrysobull of 1319 issued by Andronikos II Palaiologos tells us of the existence of the nucleus of the village of Tristeno , though we cannot e certain that it was a Vlach village."
- ^ "PDF Image Viewer". www.et.gr. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
Sources edit
- Kahl, Thede (1999). "Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt". Ethnologia Balkanica. 3.
- Koukoudēs, Asterios I. (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros. ISBN 978-960-7760-86-9.
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