Kalloni, Aitoloakarnania

Kalloni is a mountain village in the prefecture of Aitoloakarnania. It is built at an altitude of 1,000 meters at the western end of Vardousia and is one of the most mountainous villages in Aitoloakarnania.

Geography - History

Kalloni is located in the SW at the foot of Mount Pyrgos (1,254 m.), On the provincial road that connects Elatovrysi with Grammeni Oxya and is 80 km away from Nafpaktos. The older location of the village was lower but its inhabitants moved at a higher point due to subsidence around 1893 [1]. The village is mentioned by its old name Strominiani or Stromiani in the Byzantine era, while the French traveler François Pouqueville names it in the list of villages in the Kravaron region inhabited by 30 families. Several villagers have settled in Messolonghi, where they have established a district called Kalloni.

Sights of Kalloni are the picturesque square with the age-old oak tree and views of the surrounding ravines, the parish church of Agia Paraskevi for which tradition says that in its place there was a monastery and the church of the Assumption where ancient tombs were found (the “ ληνότρυπις ”, meaning“ Greektrypes ”) and a tomb inscription with the phrase“ on the way to memory ”[1] [3].

Administrative - Name

In the period 1999 - 2010, according to the Kapodistrias program, it was a Municipal Department, it belonged to the Municipality of Apodotia and its population according to the 2001 census was 30 inhabitants. According to the Kallikratis program, since 2011 it has been the Local Community of Kalloni, which belongs to the Municipal Unit of Apodotia of the Municipality of Nafpaktia and its population, according to the 2011 census, is 105 inhabitants [4]. Until 1927 it was called Strominiani and was renamed Kalloni with the Government Gazette 206/1927 [5].

References

"Kalloni | Municipality of Nafpaktia". www.nafpaktos.gr. It was archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved on October 2, 2017.
V. Stavrogiannopoulos, Kravara the Proud, Athens 1982, pp.32-33
Administrator. "Beauty". www.kravara.com. It was archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved on October 2, 2017.
"Official Gazette of the results of the UNITED Population Census 2011", p. 10721 (p. 247 of pdf)
"Pandektis: Strominiani - Kalloni". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved October 2, 2017.

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
Podos (Πόδος, ο)
Community Terpsithea
Terpsithea (Τερψιθέα, η)

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