Kallirachi, Thasos
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Kallirachi
Καλλιράχη | |
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 Olive tree grove in Kallirachi | |
  Kallirachi | |
| Coordinates: 40°42′N 24°33′E / 40.700°N 24.550°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Thasos |
| Municipality | Thasos |
| Elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 971 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Kallirachi (Greek: Καλλιράχη) is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece. As of 2021 the village has a population of 971.[1] The village is located at an average height of 145 m.a.s.l., on the western slope of Mount Metamorphosis.
In tradition, on a hill above the village is located the grave of Sabellius (fl. ca. 215), a priest and theologian banished to the island of Thasos as a heretic.[2] To the west of the village (2.5 km) is the location of a village under the same name (Skala Kallirachi),[3] where the original sixteenth-century village was located, before being abandoned and its residents seeking refuge inland, due to pirate raids.[4] In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 75) of 1519, the settlement was recorded as a town with the name Kakirahkalesi.[5]