Grampia, Evoia

Administrative Region : Central Greece
Regional unit : Evoia

Grampia (Γραμπιά) Evoia

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Grampia is a semi-mountainous village of southern Evia in the Regional Unit of Evia.

Geographical - Historical data

Grampia is located at the south-western foothills of Mount Ochi at an altitude of 240 meters[3], at a distance of about 3 km north-east from Karystos and 119 km south-east from Chalkida. The village has been mentioned since the time of the Frankish occupation, together with Mekounida and Rouklia, as a source of water for the Kokkinokastro of Karystos or Castello Rosso through the Roman aqueduct, which is preserved to this day on the northern slope of the fort.[4]

Sights

The old stone oil mill "Kollia's mill" from the middle of the 19th century has been classified as a historical monument because it "presents a special architectural interest and is one of the few special-purpose buildings that have survived in the area and is a typical point of reference for the Karystia area , where the production of oil was the most important element of the economic life of the inhabitants".[5]

Administrative data

It is officially mentioned, after the Revolution of 1821 and the integration of Evia, as a separate settlement in 1889 in Official Gazette 251A - 04/10/1889 to be annexed to the then municipality of Karystos.[6] According to the Kallikratis program, along with Mekounida and Rouklia, they form the local community of Grampia, which is part of the municipal unit of Grampia of the Municipality of Karystos, and according to the 2011 census, as a community it has a population of 266 inhabitants, while as a settlement it has 174[7].

Referrals

GEOnet Names Server. June 11, 2018. -817942.
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p.170, vol. 9.
"GRABIA (Village) KARYSTOS - GTP". www.gtp.gr. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
"Web Portal N. Evia :: News - Information". e-karystos.gr. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
"PERMANENT LIST OF PRONOUNCED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
"EETAA - Administrative Changes of Settlements". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
"GAZETTE of results of PERMANENT population census 2011", p. 10652 (p. 178 of the pdf)

Community Grampia
Grampia (Γραμπιά, η)
Mekounida (Μεκουνίδα, η)
Rouklia (Ρούκλια, τα)

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