Administrative Region : North Aegean
Regional unit : Chios
Melanios (Μελανιός) Chios
Melanios or Melanio is a very small village in northwestern Chios, at a road distance of 60 kilometers from the city of Chios. Today it belongs to the homonymous municipal district of the Municipality of Chios. The average altitude of the village is 100 meters above sea level. Melanios is the westernmost village of the island, built on the western slopes of Mount Amani. The nearest settlement is the village of Trypes, about 4 km to the southeast and higher. A dirt road with a length of just over 1 km connects the village with Cape Mevo Melanios, the westernmost point of the island, where the marble monument of those slaughtered during the Destruction of Chios at the site of Mavros Gremos. Besides, castle ruins have been found in the area of Pyrgos of the village.
The name of the village comes from the name of the cape and this from the adjective black = black.
The evolution of the village population in the official censuses is shown in the table.
Population of Melani `Year of census Residents
1951 125
1961 100
1971 54
1981 27
1991 29
2001 55
Melanios has no plains. Its inhabitants are engaged in agriculture and the products are common in non-masticatory areas of the island: olives, almonds, vegetables, legumes and cereals.
The parish church (the "village church") of the village is honored in the name of the Brigadiers. There is also an old church of Agia Marina, on the feast of which (July 17) a local festival is organized. The village belongs ecclesiastically to the hierarchical supervision of Kourounia of the Holy Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinousses.
The postal code for Melanios is 82103.
External link
Short description with pictures
Sources
Dim. Glyka, Mich. Rhythmic, Dim. Skamalou: Chios: Our special homeland, Chios 1975, p. 84
Georgiou I. Zolotas: History of Chios, volume A ("Historical Topography and Genealogy"). Types of P.D. Sakellariou, Athens 1921, p. 634.
| Municipal unit Amani |
|---|
| Community Agio Gala |
| Agio Gala (Άγιον Γάλα, το) |
| Community Volissos |
| Volissos (Βολισσός, η) |
| Koskinas (Κοσκινάς, ο) |
| Limnos (Λήμνος, η) |
| Limia (Λιμιά, τα) |
| Monagros (Μαναγρός, ο) |
| Moni Agias Markellas (Μονή Αγίας Μαρκέλλας, η) |
| Skariotis (Σκαριώτης, ο) |
| Chori (Χωρή, η) |
| Community Diefcha |
| Diefcha (Διευχά, τα) |
| Katavasi (Κατάβασις, η) |
| Community Keramos |
| Agiasmata (Αγιάσματα, τα (Τ.Κ.Κεράμου)) |
| Keramos (Κέραμος, η) |
| Community Kourounia |
| Egrigoros (Εγρηγόρος, ο) |
| Kourounia (Κουρούνια, τα) |
| Community Leptopoda |
| Αγιάσματα, τα (Τ.Κ.Λεπτοπόδων) |
| Leptopoda (Λεπτόποδα, τα) |
| Community Melanios |
| Melanios (Μελανιός, ο) |
| Community Nea Potamia |
| Nea Potamia (Νέα Ποταμιά, η) |
| Community Nenitouria |
| Kosmados (Κοσμάδος, ο) |
| Nenitouria (Νενητούρια, τα) |
| Community Parparia |
| Άγιος Ισίδωρος, ο |
| Parparia (Παρπαριά, η) |
| Community Pirama |
| Pirama (Πιραμά, η) |
| Community Pispilounta |
| Pispilounta (Πισπιλούντα, η) |
| Community Trypes |
| Εζούσα, η |
| Trypes (Τρύπες, αι) |
| Community Fyta |
| Kipouries (Κηπουριαί, αι) |
| Fyta (Φυτά, τα) |
| Community Chalandra |
| Afrodisia (Αφροδίσια, τα) |
| Chalandra (Χάλανδρα, τα) |
See also: Chios (island)
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