Examilia
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Examilia is a town in the municipality of Corinth
Corinth
Corinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Distance is about 7 km south of Corinth, E of Kechries
Kechries
Kechries is a village in the municipality of Corinth in Corinthia in Greece. It is part of the community of Xylokeriza...

 (Cenchreae), W of Loutra Elenis.

History

The town was first attested in 1676 by French
French people
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 archaeologist Jacob Spon as an Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 village.
According to the inhabitants of the town they are descended from Albanian settlers that arrived in Corinth
Corinth
Corinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...

 earlier than the ones of Xylokeriza. Based on Spon and Francis Wheler
Francis Wheler
Sir Francis Wheler was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Nine Years' War....

 modern historians assume that the ancestors of Examilians had settled the area at least since the late 17th century. Examilians have been reported to not always be in good terms with the inhabitants of Xylokeriza. According to some scholars the source of these local differences is that Examilians descend from earlier settlers than the ones of Xylokeriza.

Demographics

Year Population
1981 1,679
1991 1,409
2001 1,563

Other

The community has a school, a church and a square(plateia
Plateia
Plateia or platia is the Greek word for town square. Most Greek and Cypriot cities have several town squares which are a point of reference in travelling and guiding...

). The population also has Roma minority. A castle is located near the community. Hills dominate the east along with a few forests while farmlands dominate the southern and the western part of the area. Its basin area covers 34.44 km² of land. http://eleftheria.stcloudstate.edu/eks/study.htm On February 18, 2000
February 2000
February 2000 was the second month of 2000. It began on a Tuesday and ended after 29 days on a Tuesday.-Events:...

clashes occurred with four police officers and the minorities.
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