Mavropoulo, Ioannina
Mavropoulo | |
|---|---|
  Mavropoulo Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′28″N 20°22′49″E / 39.92444°N 20.38028°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Delvinaki |
| Elevation | 535 m (1,755 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 40 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mavropoulo (Greek: Μαυρόπουλο) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The community consists of the villages Mavropoulo, Zavrocho and Chrysodouli. Culturally, the village of Mavropoulo is part of Dropull, an area which also extends into Albania.[2] The village in the modern period is also placed as being part of Lower Pogoni.[3] Nearby the village are the ruins of an unnamed medieval city.[4]
Name
The toponym is derived from the Greek surname Mavropoulos, formed from the Greek word mavros 'black' and the surname suffix opoulos.[4] In 1431, Mavropoulo was mentioned in the Ottoman registry for the Sanjak of Albania (Arvanid) as a village in the Vilayet of Gjirokastër.[4]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks.[3] By the early 21st century, the majority of the village population has resettled in Australia and the USA.[5]
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.
- ↑ Alexakis, Eleftherios P. (2017). Greek Ethnography, Ethnographie Grecque. Editions Herodotos. p. 305. ISBN 9789604851980. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2026.
The villages of Western Pogoni – Chrysodouli, Zavrocho, Mavropoulo, Aghia Marina, Arinista (Ktismata), Katouna (Neochori), Kakavi – belong to the cultural area of Deropolis, part of which nowadays lies in Albania.
- 1 2 Green 2005, p. 44.
- 1 2 3 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. 188. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- ↑ Green, Sarah (2005). Notes from the Balkans: Locating Marginality and Ambiguity on the Greek–Albanian Border. Princeton University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9781400884353.