Elatou, Aitoloakarnania

Elatou is a mountain village in the prefecture of Aitoloakarnania. It is built at an altitude of 1,000 meters [1] on the slopes of the Kerasovouni peak at the southern end of Vardousia. [2] It is the local community of Elatos of the Municipal Unit of Apodotia of the municipality of Nafpaktia and according to the 2011 census, its population amounts to 107 inhabitants [3]. Elatou is 49 km from the town of Nafpaktos.

General elements

The village was originally called Eletsou, a name that has Slavic roots [4] and means "fertile place". Remains of ancient buildings of unknown origin have been discovered at Paleochori. In November 1828, the settlement, like the rest of the mountainous Nafpaktia, was liberated from Ottoman rule and included in the newly formed Greek state. In the center of the village dominates the church, dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Savior which was built in 1864 by Epirote craftsmen [6] while the school of the settlement was built on the same date [7]. It was renamed Elatou in 1928 and took its new name from the dense fir forest surrounding the settlement.

Administratively, it originally belonged to the province of Nafpaktia. In 1997 it became part of the Kapodistrian municipality of Apodotia [1] and after the reforms of the "Kallikratis" plan it was included in the municipal unit of Apodotia of the municipality of Nafpaktia [3].

Population censuses
Census 1844 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 1991 2001 2011
Population 170 [9] 489 [10] 458 [1] 347 [1] 251 [1] 103 [1] 229 [1] 130 [1] 153 [11] 107 [3]

References

Michael Stamatelatos, Fotini Vamba-Stamatelatou, Geographical Dictionary of Greece, TA NEA, 2012, Volume I, p. 213.
"Location, flora, fauna". www.elatou.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
Detailed data of the permanent population of Aitoloakarnania Archived 2016-04-15 at Wayback Machine ..
Pandekti-renaming of the settlements of Greece
Fir: Historically.
Elatos of Nafpaktia.
Elatou: The school of the village
"Municipality of Efficiency: Elatos". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
J. D. Stamataki, Geographical Table of Greece containing the Names, Distances and Population of Municipalities, Cities of Cities and Villages, From the Printing House of G. Vlassaridou, In Athens, 1846, p. 26.
Contemporary Encyclopedia Eleftheroudaki, volume 9, p. 197.

Census 2001, p. 4.

External links

Elatou
Detailed data of the permanent population of Aitoloakarnania

Municipal unit Apodotia
Community Ampelakiotissa
Ampelakiotissa (Αμπελακιώτισσα, η)
Community Anavryti
Anavryti (Αναβρυτή, η)
Community Ano Chora
Ano Chora (Άνω Χώρα, η)
Community Aspria
Aspria (Ασπριά, η)
Community Grammeni Oxya
Grammeni Oxya (Γραμμένη Οξυά, η)
Community Grigorio
Γρηγόριο, το
Community Elatovrysi
Elatovrysi (Ελατόβρυση, η)
Community Elatou
Elatou (Ελατού, η)
Community Kalloni
Kalloni (Καλλονή, η)
Community Katafygio
Γολέμιο, το
Katafygio (Καταφύγιο, το)
Community Kato Chora
Kato Chora (Κάτω Χώρα η)
Community Kentriki
Kentriki (Κεντρική, η)
Σέλλος, ο
Community Kokkinochori
Kokkinochori (Κοκκινοχώρι, το)
Σωτήρω, η
Chrisovo (Χρίσοβον, το)
Community Kryoneria
Kryoneria (Κρυονέρια, τα)
Community Kydonia
Κυδωνέα, η
Community Lefka
Λεύκα, η
Community Limnitsa
Limnitsa (Λιμνίτσα, η)
Community Mandrini
Mandrini (Μανδρινή, η)
Community Podos
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Community Terpsithea
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