Vikos, Ioannina
Vikos
Βίκος | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
 View of the Vikos Gorge from the village of Vikos | |
  Vikos Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′N 20°44′E / 39.967°N 20.733°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | Central Zagori |
| Community | Aristi |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 27 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Vikos (Greek: Βίκος, before 1955: Βετσικόν, Vetsikon)[2][3] is a village in the municipality of Zagori, in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is part of the community of Aristi. The village is located on a hill above the Vikos Gorge and the Voidomatis river has its main sources below the settlement.[4] Vikos borders the Vikos-Aoos National Park.
Name
The toponym has been rendered as Vovetsikon and Vovitsikon.[4] The placename is Slavic and has two possible derivations.[4] The first is from the combination of the Slavic preposition v(o) 'in' and the Slavic noun vysokъ 'high place', rendered in Bulgarian and Serbian as visok and in Russian vysokij.[4] Within the toponym, the s became ts, followed by the anomalous deletion of the initial syllable vo- and the paretymological influence of the Greek adjectival suffix -ikos.[4]
The second derivation is from the Slavic noun bobъ 'bean' and the suffix -isko or -ьsko, with which nouns are formed to indicate a place where something exists.[4] From the phonetic form bobisko emerged bobitsko, where sk became tsk in Bulgarian, a change observed in the 14th century. This evolved into vovitsko with the hellenisation of b-b into v-v in Greek and the anomalous deletion of the syllable vo- and the paretymological influence of the suffix -ikos.[5] The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated the form Bobetsikon is an incorrect restoration.[6]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks.[7]
In 1951, the village had 50 inhabitants.[8] In the 2021 census, it recorded 27 inhabitants.[9]
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.
- ↑ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vetsikon – Vikos". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Βετσικόν – Βίκος" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Vetsikon – Vikos]. EETAA (in Greek). Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oikonomou 2002, p. 57.
- ↑ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 57–58.
- ↑ 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. 58. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
- ↑ 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.
Víkos: griechische Zagorisier
- ↑ Πληθυσμός της Ελλάδος κατά την απογραφήν της 7ης Απριλίου 1951 (PDF) (pdf). National Printing House of Greece. 1955. p. 85.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2024.
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