Vlasti (Greek: Βλάστη, before 1927: Βλάτση - Vlatsi,[2] Aromanian: Blatsa) is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality.[3] Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent community.[2] The 2021 census recorded 326 inhabitants in the village.[1] The community of Vlasti covers an area of 72.089 km2.[4]
Vlasti
Βλάστη | |
|---|---|
_mountain_-_Ptolemaida,_Kozani_prefecture,_Greece.png) Vlasti with Askio in the background. | |
  Vlasti Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′N 21°31′E / 40.450°N 21.517°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Eordaia |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 72.089 km2 (27.834 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,180 m (3,870 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 326 |
| • Municipal unit density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 500 09 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2463 |
| Vehicle registration | KZ |
History
editThe first settlement was established in the 15th century and received an influx of Vlach refugees from Grammos and Moschopoli in the 18th century. The public buildings and the houses which still today adorn Vlasti reflect the flourishing of this village in the 19th century.
According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 1.300 Vlachs and 1.200 Greek Christians lived in the village in 1900.[5]
Geography
editLocated at the heart of western Macedonia, it is girdled by the massifs of Mt Mouriki which serves as a home not only to the brown bear (Ursus arctos), but also to a large number of rare birds, including the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) and the long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus).
Tourism
editThe village bustles with life in summer as it is then that the Earth Festival is organized. It comprises a series of ecological and at the same time joyful events whose objective is to inform and sensitize people showing them the need to respect natural environment. Moreover, visitors have the chance to come into contact with the locals, experience their hospitality and participate with them in these jolly festivities. Vlasti serves a starting point for fascinating, enjoyable routes either to Mt Mouriki and its shelter or to neighbouring regions. There is good infrastructure to support the touristic development of the place with hotels, restaurants and bars.
Notable natives
edit- Konstantinos Dosios, lawyer and politician
- Nikolaus Doumbas, ein österreichischer Industrieller und liberaler Politiker griechisch-aromunischer Abstammung aus Vlasti
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 "EETAA local government changes". Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 44. Written as "Блаца Гръцко". (in Bulgarian)
- ^ Dumba Nikolaus. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL), Band 1, herausgegeben von der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1957, Seite 203.
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