Distrato
Municipal unit in Greece
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Distrato (Greek: Δίστρατο, before 1928: Βριάζα, Vriaza;[2][3] Aromanian: Briaza)[4] is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Konitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.[5] The municipal unit has an area of 53.837 km2.[6] Population 207 (2021). The village is located in a ravine on the right side of the river Vjosa.[7]
Distrato
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Location within the regional unit | |
  Distrato | |
| Coordinates: 40°01′N 21°01′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Konitsa |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 53.837 km2 (20.787 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,018 m (3,340 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 207 |
| • Municipal unit density | 3.84/km2 (9.96/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Name
Linguist Max Vasmer says the placename Briaza stems from the Slavic Bulgarian word brěza meaning 'birch' with a rendering of the Slavic ě and as ia in Greek.[7] Linguist Yordan Zaimov wrote apart from the possibility of etymologically deriving the toponym from brěza, it is possible it originates from the etymologically related form brěza stemming from berza, in Slavic the word's adjectives are brjaz (masculine) and brjaza (feminine) 'white'.[7]
Linguist Kostas Oikonomou states the location of the village in an Aromanian speaking area increases the likelihood the toponym is derived from the Aromanian noun vreaza, also vreaje meaning 'the dry branch', borrowed from the Bulgarian brěza meaning 'birch'.[8]
History
Distrato was under Italian control during the Second World War and in late 1941 the Aromanians of the village opposed the local Greek school being reopened.[9]
