Aiges, Achaia

Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Achaia

Aiges (Αιγές) Achaia

Aiges (official name: (a) Aigai, former name: Vlovoka or Vlovokas) is a settlement of the municipality of Aigialeia in the Prefecture of Achaia. According to the 2011 census, its population is 70 permanent residents.

General elements

Aiges is built east of Patras at an altitude of 400 meters [2]. Until August 8, 1928, the village was named Vlovokas [3]. The settlement is mentioned in 1853 in the second volume of "Ellinika" by Iakovos Rizos Ragavis as part of the municipality of Aigeira in the province of Aigialeia with a population of 481 inhabitants [4]. Until 1997 it was the seat of the community of Aigai in the province of Aigialeia, while in 1997, as part of the changes brought to the local government, the Kapodistrias project came under the auspices of the municipality of Aigeira as the capital of the Aigai administrative district.

Aiges is located about 10 km from Aigeira after Lambino and Paleokastro. The settlement has a Historical Museum.

Agia Triada is the main church of the village, which was built in the late 19th century and renovated in 1930.
The rock of Eurostin

In Aiges the visitor is worth seeing the rock of Eurostine, as well as the Holy Trinity and its chapels. The rock Eurostini is a maximum height of about 600 meters, idiosyncratic, imposing, the jewel of Vlovoka, whose shadow spreads in the village and causes various comments, while depending on the point of view it takes many fantastic forms. The sailors call him "The Sleeping Beauty", because through the Corinthian Sea he imagines himself as a sleeping daughter [6].
Demographic development
Census 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2001 2011
Population 1,000 [2] 1,070 [2] 847 [2] 726 [2] 593 [2] 401 [2] 367 [2] 62 [7] [8] 70 [1] [9]
Photo gallery

The church of the Holy Trinity in the center of Aigai square.

The church of the Holy Trinity.

The bell tower at the entrance of the cemetery.

The location of Pyrgos at the entrance of the village.

References

"Aiges of the Municipality of Egialia Local Community of Aigai. Achaia - Peloponnese ". dhmos.gr. Municipalities, cities and villages of Greece. Retrieved September 27, 2016. [dead link]
Michael Stamatelatos - Fotini Vamba Stamatelatou, Geographical Dictionary of Greece, TA NEA, 2012, Volume A, p. 50.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of Aigai Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 14/07/2018.
Iakovou R. Ragavi, The Greek, In Athens, 1853, volume two, p. 93.
Aiges Historical Museum. agro-tour.net. Retrieved: 25/03/2016.
Stavrou 2011.
"Permanent and Actual Population of Greece: Total Greece, prefectures, municipalities / communities, municipal / community districts and settlements, Population Censuses 2001 and 1991". Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2006.
ESYE. - Permanent Population of Greece. Census 2001

EL.STAT. - Permanent population of Greece. Census 2011

Sources

Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census concerning the Permanent Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (December 28, 2012).
ESYE. - Permanent Population of Greece. Census 2001, Athens 2004. ISBN 960-86704-8-9.

Bibliography

Theodoros I. Louloudis, Achaia. Settlements, settlers, self-government, Prefectural Enterprise for Cultural Development NA. Achaia, Patras 2010.
Athanasios (Thanos) And. Stavrou (2011). Memorandum. The book of Vlovoka-Ancient Aigeira.

External links

Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of Aigai Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 14/07/2018.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Community of Aigai Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 14/07/2018.

Municipal unit Aigeira
Community Aigeira
Aigeira Αιγείρα, η)
Community Aiges
Aiges (Αιγές, οι)
Almyros (Αλμυρός, ο)
Lampinos (Λαμπινός, ο)
Community Ampelokipoi
Ampelokipoi (Αμπελόκηποι, οι)
Paliokatona (Παλιοκάτωνα, τα)
Pimpaiika (Πιμπαίικα, τα)
Community Vela
Vela (Βελά, η)
Community Exochi
Exochi (Εξοχή, η)
Community Monastiri
Monastiri (Μοναστήρι, το)
Community Oasi
Oasi (Όασις, η)
Community Periothorio
Perithorio (Περιθώριο, το)
Community Seliana
Seliana (Σελιάνα, η)
Community Sinevro
Sinevro (Σινεβρό, το)
Community Chrysanthio
Kasaneva (Κασάνεβα, η )
Chrysanthi (Χρυσάνθιο, το)

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