Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Rethymno
Aimonas (Αΐμονας) Rethymno
Aimonas is a village in the municipality of Mylopotamos, in the regional unit of Rethymno, Crete. According to the 2011 census it has 215 inhabitants. It is located 48 km east of Rethymno, at an altitude of 400 m. [1]
Historical data
Archaic tablets and figurines depicting an ancient goddess have been found in the area of the village. [1]
The etymology of the name is not known. Emmanuel Lambrinakis in his work Geography of Crete (1890) states that the name comes from Agios Monos. Nikolaos Stavrinidis considers the corruption of the name Agios Panteleimonas to be more likely to have originated, due to the presence of a homonymous church in the village. Stergios Spanakis states that it may have come from the adjective Aymo or Aymone, which is found in Venetian notarial deeds of the 14th century. [1]
The village is mentioned by Francesco Barocci in 1577 as Aimonos. In the Venetian census of 1583 by Kastrofylakas it is mentioned as Aimona with 202 inhabitants and Francesco Basilicata in 1630 as Aimonas. In the Ottoman census of 1671 it is referred to as Aymonos, with 38 excavations. [1] In 1881 it belonged to the municipality of Damasta and according to the census had 149 inhabitants, all Christians. In that census he is referred to as Aimonos. In the 1900 census it had 227 inhabitants and belonged to the same municipality. [1]
In 1925, Aimonas (referred to as Aeimonos) was designated the seat of the homonymous community, which was maintained until the Kapodistrian administrative division in 1997, when it became part of the municipality of Kouloukonas. [2]
Population censuses
In detail, the demographic course of the village according to the censuses:
Census 1900 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population [1] 227 266 369 402 401 360 269 355 215
Sights
The main church of the village is dedicated to Agios Vassilios. Other churches of the village include Agios Dimitrios, Koimisi tis Theotokou and Agios Panteleimon, [3] which is frescoed, [1] and the parish of the village also includes the chapels of Agios Ioannis the Forerunner and Agios Pantes. [3]
Also of interest is the building of the primary school, of the first decade of the 20th century. It consists of a high-ceilinged rectangular classroom, with an entrance hall and a room where the library was located. The roof is wooden and the frames of the high windows are wooden paneled. Its roof is four-pitched, covered with tiles. [4]
Aimoniotes
Tzedakis Theodoros: Bishop of Rethymno and Avlopotamos [5]
References
Spanakis, Stergios (1993). Cities and villages of Crete over the centuries, volume Α΄. Heraklion: Graphic Arts G. Detorakis. p. 89.
"Aimonas (Rethymno)". Administrative Changes of Settlements - Details. EETAA-Hellenic Society for Local Development and Local Government SA Retrieved on October 14, 2019.
"Province of Mylopotamos". www.imra.gr. Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
"Aimona Primary School". odysseus.culture.gr. Ministry of Culture and Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
Bishop Theodoros Tzedakis: One of the most important hierarchs who adorned the Church of Rethymno
External links
Website of the cultural association of the village
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