.

Greece Greece

Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Ilia

Keramidia is a settlement of the former Kapodistrian municipality of Amaliada [1] and now a Kallikratis municipality of Ilida [2]. It is located 15 km northeast of Amaliada, near the Pinios river dam, at an altitude of 124 meters. [3]

Designation

Its old name was Bezaiti [4] by a Turkish bey named Bezait aga who lived in the area. He appears as Bozaiti [4] in 18th century Italian travelers and was renamed Keramidia in 1928. [5]
History

The history of the wider area dates back to the Paleolithic era as evidenced by the findings of the adjacent archeological museum of ancient Ilida and continues uninterrupted to this day.

In 1909 it was devastated by a major earthquake that killed seven people. On July 18, 1944, the Germans burned most of the village's houses and killed 15 residents in retaliation for the killing of two German soldiers by guerrillas. [6]

Economy

As in most villages in Greece until 1960, many of its inhabitants migrated to large urban centers at home or abroad (America, Australia, Germany).

Today's inhabitants are mainly engaged in agriculture (raisins, vines, olives) and animal husbandry.

Demographics

The evolution of the permanent population since 1981 is as follows:
year residents
1981 480 [7]
1991 345 [7]
2001 544 [8]
2011 526 [9]

References

Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the community of Keramidia, Ilia. ¨Kapodistrias¨ Law 2539/1997 (T. A΄, Government Gazette 244/1999)
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the community of Keramidia, Ilia. ¨Kallikratis¨ L.3852 / 2010
"Cities, Villages and Settlements of the Peloponnese: Ilia | www.moriasnow.gr - Page 8 ". moriasnow.gr. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
Delopoulos, p.126
"Receiver: Bezaiti - Keramidia". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
Delopoulos, p. 114
Encyclopedia ¨PAPYROS LAROUS BRITANNIKA¨ Edition 1991
ESYE.- Permanent population of Greece. Census 2001

EL.STAT. - Permanent population of Greece. Census 2011

Bibliographic sources

Delopoulos, George (2000). "Keramidia of Ilia", Yesterday today tomorrow. Athens: Published by the Association of Keramidiotes of Athens.

Greece :

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M -
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z