Chouliarades
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Chouliarades is a village in the municipality of North Tzoumerka
, Greece. Its population was 237 people (2001 census). It is built on the slopes of Tzoumerka or Athamanio
at 1,000 m. It is a traditional settlement since November 23, 1998 (Law 908D) and its code number is 12317201.
, 32 southeast of Ioannina
, southwest of Metsovo
, west of Trikala
and north of Arta
.
The village is well-known for its singing tradition: one of the villagers, Gakis Sontis, was recorded in 1930 by the Folklore Music Archive of Melpo Merlie.
North Tzoumerka
North Tzoumerka is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Pramanta. The municipality is named after the Tzoumerka mountains.-Municipality:...
, Greece. Its population was 237 people (2001 census). It is built on the slopes of Tzoumerka or Athamanio
Athamanika
Athamanika or Tzoumerka is a mountain in the northeastern Arta Prefecture, the southeastern Ioannina Prefecture and the southwestern Trikala Prefecture. The mountain is a part of the Pindus mountain range. Its maximum elevation is 2,393 m. The GR-30 passes to the north difficultly...
at 1,000 m. It is a traditional settlement since November 23, 1998 (Law 908D) and its code number is 12317201.
Information
It is located NNW of AthensAthens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, 32 southeast of Ioannina
Ioannina
Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...
, southwest of Metsovo
Metsovo
Metsovo is a town in Epirus on the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south. The largest centre of Vlach life in Greece, Metsovo is bypassed by GR-6 and also by Egnatia Odos Motorway....
, west of Trikala
Trikala
Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. It is the capital of the Trikala peripheral unit, and is located NW of Athens, NW, of Karditsa, E of Ioannina and Metsovo, S of Grevena, SW of Thessaloniki, and W of Larissa...
and north of Arta
Arta, Greece
Arta is a city with a rich history in northwestern Greece, capital of the peripheral unit of Arta, which is part of Epirus region. The city was known in ancient times as Ambracia . Arta is famous for its old bridge located over the Arachthos River, situated west of downtown...
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The village is well-known for its singing tradition: one of the villagers, Gakis Sontis, was recorded in 1930 by the Folklore Music Archive of Melpo Merlie.
Nearest places
- Vaptistis, east
- Ampelochori, southeast
- Kedros, northwest
- PetrovouniPetrovouni, IoanninaPetrovouni , older form: -on is a Greek 25 km southeast of Ioannina in in the municipality of Tzoumerka , Greece. Its population is 198 people...
, north
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 442 |
| 1991 | 346 |
| 2001 | 237 |
External links
- Chouliarades at the GTP Travel Pages http://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/dl/object/uoadl:173275 Folklore Council in the village of Houliarades, in Tzoumerka (then with the DodonaDodonaDodona in Epirus in northwestern Greece, was an oracle devoted to a Mother Goddess identified at other sites with Rhea or Gaia, but here called Dione, who was joined and partly supplanted in historical times by the Greek god Zeus.The shrine of Dodona was regarded as the oldest Hellenic oracle,...
subprefecture or province) in the Ioannina Prefecture] History of Chouliarades