Agios Minas, Ioannina

Agios Minas
Agios Minas is located in Greece
Agios Minas
Agios Minas
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 39°56′52″N 20°40′13″E / 39.94778°N 20.67028°E / 39.94778; 20.67028
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
MunicipalityZagori
Municipal unitCentral Zagori
Elevation
542 m (1,778 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
36
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Agios Minas (Greek: Άγιος Μηνάς)[2] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.

Name

The settlement is named after the Church of Agios Minas, known in the modern period as Megali Ekklisia 'big church', built in 1570.[3] The village was a chiflik of Artsista (modern Aristi) and the Monastery of Panagia Spilaiotissa in the mid-18th century (1752); in 1764 Father Damianos was the abbot of Agios Minas.[3]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Άγιος Μηνάς" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Agios Minas]. EETAA (in Greek). Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. p. 31. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Kahl, Thede (1999). "Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt" [The Zagóri Villages in Northern Greece: Economic Unity – Ethnic Diversity]. Ethnologia Balkanica (in German). 3: 106. Ágios Minás: griechische Zagorisier