Agios Ypatios
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Agios Ypatios is a settlement in the Greek
island of Limnos, it is in the municipal unit of Moudros
and the community of Kontopouli
. The population was 13 in the 2001 census. It is located ENE of Myrina
and is connected with a road linking to the southern, central and western portions of the island. The Alyki Lagoon is to the south
at an elevation of 800 to 1,000 m, is Anypatis (Ανυπάτης) or Aypatis (Αϋπάτης), as many call it Agios Ypatios during the name change. the village is built on a deep field east of Kotsinos
and is located behind a few low hills that offer a view of the sea. The area is rich in a lot of waters, sourceful soil with wheat and winery and a few trees mostly groves.
Several houses remain in the settlement of which only three to four are inhabited. Most of the area are used by other countryes villages which has settlers around the agricultural area. It is part of the municipal district (then as community) of Repanidi without meaning as a separate settlement in sources, in which it does not had its only inhabitants.
castle by the Venetians which happened in 1656 and 1657. It had a small growth in which it washed the Limnian land and were prepared for stamp.
Several travellers mentioned the villages in several forms of the names as Haipati (1685, Choisseul-Gouffier), Aipati (Conze, 1858), Aioupati (1894, De Launay) and Aipati (Fredrich, 1904). Otherwist as much in the communal writings from 1854 as much as from Argyrios Moschidis in an article from the newspaper Neudag Nuova Giorno Nuovo Giorno Trieste
(p 1349/1900) mentioned as Agios Ypatios.
and Plaka
. Its population boomed in 1732 and built the church known as Saint Athanasius which still exist today.
In 1856, it had 107 men between ages 18 and 60 and paid 3424 gros in order to attend military service. The settlement was at its decline and had a mixture of Christian and Muslim population. In 1858, Conze founded Saint Athanasius church in an old source written in Hephaestia.
From that time, the Christian population declined as its inhabitants moved to Plaka
and settled only by its same settlers in 1860 and 1865. It had 40 Christian families in 1863. It had 37 people in 1874. Its Christian population moved to Kontopouli, Romanos and Repanidi
In 1838, it had its final source for the settlement in a communal document, it had its council ran by Konstantinos Anagnostou. When Reinach visited in 1995, it had a Turkish population Friedrich founded that the village had a Turkish population during his visit to the island in 1904.
in 1912, its Turkish population moved eastward after the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
island of Limnos, it is in the municipal unit of Moudros
Moudros
Moudros is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lemnos, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the entire eastern peninsula of the island, with a land area of 185.127 km²,...
and the community of Kontopouli
Kontopouli
Kontopouli is a settlement in the northeastern part of the Greek island of Limnos, in the municipal unit of Moudros. Its 2001 population was 661 for the village and 703 for the municipal district. Its total area is around . The vicinity was founded from a tiny characteristic farming settlement....
. The population was 13 in the 2001 census. It is located ENE of Myrina
Myrina
Myrina may refer to:*Myrina, Greece, capital of the Greek island of Lemnos*Myrina , ancient city on the coast of Mysia *Myrina , name of several female characters in Greek mythology...
and is connected with a road linking to the southern, central and western portions of the island. The Alyki Lagoon is to the south
Location
Close to RepanidiRepanidi
Repanidi is a Greek village 20 km ENE of Myrina in the municipal unit of Moudros, Greece. Its 2001 population was 365 people. It is located in the northeast of the island of Lemnos...
at an elevation of 800 to 1,000 m, is Anypatis (Ανυπάτης) or Aypatis (Αϋπάτης), as many call it Agios Ypatios during the name change. the village is built on a deep field east of Kotsinos
Kotsinos
Kotsinos is a settlement on the island of Lemnos, Greece. It is part of the community of Repanidi, and the municipal unit of Moudros, and situated 25 to 30 km ENE of Myrina...
and is located behind a few low hills that offer a view of the sea. The area is rich in a lot of waters, sourceful soil with wheat and winery and a few trees mostly groves.
Several houses remain in the settlement of which only three to four are inhabited. Most of the area are used by other countryes villages which has settlers around the agricultural area. It is part of the municipal district (then as community) of Repanidi without meaning as a separate settlement in sources, in which it does not had its only inhabitants.
History
During the late Ottoman Period (1650–1912), Anypatis presented its main function. It is believed it is located next to Repanidi, according to a map of Belon (1548). It was mentioned for the first time by Coval as Hagia-pate in around 1677, several years after the ruin of the KotsinosKotsinos
Kotsinos is a settlement on the island of Lemnos, Greece. It is part of the community of Repanidi, and the municipal unit of Moudros, and situated 25 to 30 km ENE of Myrina...
castle by the Venetians which happened in 1656 and 1657. It had a small growth in which it washed the Limnian land and were prepared for stamp.
Several travellers mentioned the villages in several forms of the names as Haipati (1685, Choisseul-Gouffier), Aipati (Conze, 1858), Aioupati (1894, De Launay) and Aipati (Fredrich, 1904). Otherwist as much in the communal writings from 1854 as much as from Argyrios Moschidis in an article from the newspaper Neudag Nuova Giorno Nuovo Giorno Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
(p 1349/1900) mentioned as Agios Ypatios.
Ottoman rule
It had several proceeders for the agricultural cotton production in northeastern Lemnos near KontopouliKontopouli
Kontopouli is a settlement in the northeastern part of the Greek island of Limnos, in the municipal unit of Moudros. Its 2001 population was 661 for the village and 703 for the municipal district. Its total area is around . The vicinity was founded from a tiny characteristic farming settlement....
and Plaka
Plaka, Lemnos
Plaka is a Greek village 35 km ENE of Myrina in the municipal unit of Moudros, Greece. Its 2001 population was 365 people. It is located in the northeast of the island of Lemnos...
. Its population boomed in 1732 and built the church known as Saint Athanasius which still exist today.
In 1856, it had 107 men between ages 18 and 60 and paid 3424 gros in order to attend military service. The settlement was at its decline and had a mixture of Christian and Muslim population. In 1858, Conze founded Saint Athanasius church in an old source written in Hephaestia.
From that time, the Christian population declined as its inhabitants moved to Plaka
Plaka, Lemnos
Plaka is a Greek village 35 km ENE of Myrina in the municipal unit of Moudros, Greece. Its 2001 population was 365 people. It is located in the northeast of the island of Lemnos...
and settled only by its same settlers in 1860 and 1865. It had 40 Christian families in 1863. It had 37 people in 1874. Its Christian population moved to Kontopouli, Romanos and Repanidi
Repanidi
Repanidi is a Greek village 20 km ENE of Myrina in the municipal unit of Moudros, Greece. Its 2001 population was 365 people. It is located in the northeast of the island of Lemnos...
In 1838, it had its final source for the settlement in a communal document, it had its council ran by Konstantinos Anagnostou. When Reinach visited in 1995, it had a Turkish population Friedrich founded that the village had a Turkish population during his visit to the island in 1904.
Modern period
Agios Ypatios finally joined with the rest of Greece during the Balkan WarsBalkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe in 1912 and 1913.By the early 20th century, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia, the countries of the Balkan League, had achieved their independence from the Ottoman Empire, but large parts of their ethnic...
in 1912, its Turkish population moved eastward after the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922.
See also
- List of places in the Lesbos prefecture
- Administrative divisions of the Lesbos prefecture
Sources
- Vassiliki Tourptsoglou-Stefanidou: Journeys and Geographic Sources of the Island of Lemnos (15th-20th Centuries)
- Belitsos, Theodoros, Lemnos and its villages by Th. Belitsos 1994.
- Lemnos/Limnos Province CD Rom (Cdrom Επαρχείου Λήμνου = CD Rom Eparcheiou Limnou): Lovable Lemnos
- Belitsos, Theodoros: Historic route in Lemnos: Livadochori, Lemnos Newspapers, p 531 (June 10, 2008).