Agios Nikolaos, Achaia

Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Achaia

Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος) Achaia

Agios Nikolaos is a small semi-mountainous village and former community of Achaia and a municipal district of the Municipality of Larissa [1]. It is located on the border of the prefectures of Achaia and Ilia.

The Local Community (former DD) of Agios Nikolaos Spata [2] in the 2011 census had a population of 264 inhabitants [3] and includes Agios Nikolaos (197 inhabitants), the settlement of Agios Konstantinos (67 inhabitants) and the Monastery of Agios Nikolaos [ 4].

Inside the settlement operates a Primary School dating from 1881.

Historical data

The settlement was two hours away in 1885 from Manolada, the seat of the then municipality of Vuprasia to which it belonged administratively.

The name of the village until 24/01/1957 (Government Gazette 11A) was Spata [6] [1]. The Monastery of Agios Nikolaos, located a short distance from the village, gave it its current name.

Administrative development

From 1835 to 1841 it belonged to the Municipality of Xenia [7] and then to the then Municipality of Vouprasia until 1912 when the Municipalities were abolished and the Communities were established as self-governing entities [8]. In 1912 he joined the Community of Psari (Vouprasio) [9] until 30/11/1927 where, with the Government Gazette 296A, an independent community of Spata Achaia was created [1]. With the Government Gazette 244A of 04/12/1997, according to the Administrative Reform "Kapodistrias", it is annexed to the Municipality of Larissa until 2010 which joined the Municipality of Western Achaia (Government Gazette 87A - 07/06/2010) based on the Administrative Reform "Kallikratis" [10].
Demographic development

The demographic development of the settlement in the 21st century is as follows:
Year Population
2001 384 [11] [12]
2011 197 [3]
See also

Municipality of Vouprasia
Municipality of Xenia
Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Spata, Achaia
New Picern

References and footnotes

Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of Agios Nikolaos Spata, Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Community of Agios Nikolaos Spata, Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
EL.STAT. - Permanent population of Greece. Census 2011
It was not found to be inhabited.
Nouchakis 1885, p. 69.
The villagers were Albanian-speaking. Kallivretakis 2003, p. 231 [footnote. 28].
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Xenia (1835-1841). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Vouprasia (1835-1912). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Psari Community of Ilia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Larissa (1997-2010). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Permanent population: 324 inhabitants. See ESYE. - Permanent Population of Greece. Census 2001

Louloudis 2010, p. 126.

Sources

Results of the 2011 Population-Housing Census concerning the Permanent Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (December 28, 2012).
ESYW. - Permanent Population of Greece. Census 2001, Athens 2004. ISBN 960-86704-8-9.
New choreographic table. Compiled and issued with the approval of the Ministry of the Army under Ioannou Em. Nouchaki, infantry paramilitary, from the Printing Office of the Ministry of the Army, in Athens 1885.

Bibliography

Leonidas F. Kallivretakis, "Nea Pikerni Municipality of Vouprasia: the chronicle of a settlement in the Peloponnese in the 19th century (and the adventure of a population)" in the volume Populations and settlements of the Greek area. Historical studies, series of Workbooks, no. 18, Athens, INE / EIE, 2003, pp. 221-242.
Theodoros I. Louloudis, Achaia. Settlements, settlers, self-government, Prefectural Enterprise for Cultural Development NA. Achaia, Patras 2010.
Costas N. Triantafyllou, Historical Dictionary of Patras, Volume II, Petros Chr. Kouli, Patra 1995, Third Edition, entry Spata.

Further bibliography

Vassilis Panagiotopoulos, Population and Settlements of the Peloponnese: 13th-18th century, translated. Christina Agriantoni, edited by Angeliki Kokkou, Historical Archive - Commercial Bank of Greece, Athens 1987. ISBN 978-000-7059-21-8.
Eugenia F. Passa, Spata, Achaia, published by the Cultural Association of Agios Nikolaos Spata, Patras 2016.

External links

Municipality of Larissa, official website
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of Agios Nikolaos Spata, Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Community of Agios Nikolaos Spata of Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Vouprasia (1835-1912). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Larissa (1997-2010). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Xenia (1835-1841). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Psari Community of Ilia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 28/10/2017.
Cultural Association of Agios Nikolaos Spata Achaia
Pandektis - Renames of the Settlements of Greece. pandektis.ekt.gr
Saint Nicholas of Spata. moriasnow.gr

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