Kerames, Rethymno

Kerames (Κεραμές ) Rethymno

Kerames is a village in the municipality of Agios Vassilios, in the regional unit of Rethymno, Crete. According to the 2011 census it has 129 inhabitants. It is 47.5 km from Rethymnon and is built at an altitude of 300 m. [2] It has been declared a traditional settlement.

Etymology

According to Stergios Spanakis, the name of the village is a corruption of the professional name ceramic. [2] According to Lefteris Kriovrysanakis, there are two versions of the name. One states that in a cove near the village there was a place for making and trading pottery and other types of pottery and the other that the name comes from the tiles in the shape of tiles that were excavated on the hill near the village. [3]

Historical data

Remains of an ancient settlement have been found at Pyrgos, on a hill near the sea about 4 km south of Kerame. Shells from the site date from the Late Minoan period IIIA to IIIG, [4] while European reliefs on Taurus, coins and statuettes dating to the pre-palace period (2600-2000 BC) have also been found. [5]

The site continued to be inhabited during archaic and classical times and has been identified as the ancient city of Vion or Kionia, while it may have been the ancient Apollonia or Lamon. The remains of the city that can be seen date from the 4th century BC. and in addition to the remains of houses and pottery, they also include the remains of a 100-meter-long wall on an east-west axis, possibly the remains of a fortification, and the remains of towers have also been excavated. [4] It was one of the hundred largest cities in Crete. It was probably abandoned due to pirate raids in the 3rd century BC, with its inhabitants moving for security reasons to where Kerames and Agallianos are today. [5] Remains of another settlement, the remains of which date back to the Late Minoan and Archaic periods, have been found at Bissala. [6]

The village is mentioned by Francesco Barocci in 1577 as Cheramea in the province of St. Basil. In the Venetian census of 1583 by Kastrofylakas it is mentioned as Chieramea with 207 inhabitants and 181 due chores, while Vasilikata also mentions the village in 1630, with the name Cheramea. In the Ottoman census of 1659 it is referred to as Kerame, with 15 houses. [2]

According to the Egyptian census of 1834, Kerames had a purely Christian population and the census states that 40 families lived in the village. The 1881 census mentions Kerame and Agios Ioannis in the municipality of Agios Pneumatos and had a purely Christian population, 337 inhabitants. The 1900 census had 440 inhabitants. The 1920 census lists it as the seat of a homonymous rural municipality. [2] In 1925, Kerames was designated the seat of the Kerame community, which also included the settlements of Agallianos, Agia Fotini and Ligres, until the Kapodistrian administrative division, when the village was annexed to the Municipality of Lampis. [7]

In detail, the demographic course of the village according to the censuses:
Census 1900 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 1991 2001 2011
Population [2] 440 516 468 505 500 440 326 247 244 129

References

(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
Spanakis, Stergios (1993). Cities and villages of Crete over the centuries, volume Α΄. Heraklion: Graphic Arts G. Detorakis. p. 385.
Kriovrysanakis, Lefteris (January 9, 2016). “Kerames Ag. Vasileios ". Rethymno News. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
"Tower or Kionia". digitalcrete.ims.forth.gr. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
"Kionia or Vionos". www.kionia.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
"VISALA". digitalcrete.ims.forth.gr. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
"K. Kerames (Rethymno) ". Administrative Changes of Municipalities and Communities - Detailed. EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government SA Retrieved October 21, 2019.

Municipal unit Lampi
Community Agia Galini
Agia Galini (Αγία Γαλήνη)
Xirokampos (Ξηρόκαμπος, ο)
Community Akoumia
Akoumia (Ακούμια, τα)
Βρύσαι, αι
Triopetra (Τριόπετρα)
Community Ardaktos
Agia Paraskevi (Αγία Παρασκευή)
Aktounta (Ακτούντα, τα)
Ardaktos (Άρδακτος, ο)
Vatos (Βάτος, ο)
Community Drimiskos
Drimiskos (Δρίμισκος)
Community Karines
Karines (Καρίναι, αι)
Community Kentrochori
Kentrochori (Κεντροχώρι, το)
Platanes (Πλατανές, ο)
Community Kerames
Agalianos (Αγαλιανός, ο)
Agia Foteini (Αγία Φωτεινή)
Kerames (Κεραμές, ο)
Community Kissos
Kissos (Κισσός, ο)
Kissou Kampos (Κισσού Κάμπος, ο)
Community Krya Vrysi
Krya Vrysi (Κρύα Βρύση)
Nea Krya Vrysi (Νέα Κρύα Βρύση)
Community Lampini
Lampini (Λαμπινή)
Community Melampes
Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος, ο)
Melampes (Μέλαμπες, αι)
Community Mourne
Mourne (Μουρνέ)
Community Myxorrouma
Agia Pelagia (Αγία Πελαγία)
Ano Myxorrouma (Άνω Μυξόρρουμα, το)
Myxorrouma (Μυξόρρουμα, το)
Frati (Φρατίον, το)
Community Orne
Orne (Ορνέ)
Community Saktouria
Agios Pavlos (Άγιος Παύλος, ο)
Kato Saktouria (Κάτω Σακτούρια, τα)
Παξιμάδια δύο, τα (νησίς)
Παξιμάδια ένα, τα (νησίς)
Saktouria (Σακτούρια, τα)
Community Spili
Δαριβιανά, τα
Spili (Σπήλιον, το)

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