Strongylovouni
Strongylovouni (Greek: Στρογγυλοβούνι, Aromanian: Sturnari) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village and a community of the Xiromero municipality. Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality Astakos, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 319 residents in the community. The community of Strongylovouni covers an area of 18.001 km.
Administrative division
The community of Strongylovouni consists of two separate settlements:
- Manina Vlizianon (population 148 as of 2021)
- Strongylovouni (population 171)
History
Strongylovouni, together with the other Aromanian settlements of Aetolia-Acarnania, was created in the midst of the 19th century, by people that fled the village of Mpitsikopoulo, in Epirus, after a string of assaults by Turkish and Albanian bandits.
See also
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ Οι Αρβανιτόβλαχοι στη Ρούμελη-Στερεά Ελλάδα (in Greek). Αστέριος Κουκούδης, Μελέτες για τους Βλάχους. Retrieved 8 February 2014.