Ktismata
Community in Greece
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Ktismata (Greek: Κτίσματα, before 1927: Αρίνιστα, Arinista)[2][3] is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Delvinaki, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, in northwestern Greece. It is situated on a hillside on the right bank of the river Drinos, at 412 m above sea level. It is 3 km from the Greek - Albanian border at Kakavia. The community consists of the villages Ktismata and Neochori. Ktismata is 7 km southwest of Delvinaki, 30 km southeast of Gjirokastër (Albania) and 47 km northwest of Ioannina. The Greek National Road 22 (Kakavia - Kalpaki) passes north of the village.
Ktismata
Κτίσματα | |
|---|---|
  Ktismata Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′N 20°24′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Pogoni |
| Municipal unit | Delvinaki |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 133 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | IN |
Culturally, the village of Ktismata is part of Dropull, an area which also extends into Albania.[4] The village in the modern period is also placed as being part of Lower Pogoni.[5]
Name
The toponym has two possible derivations. The first is derived from the Aromanian noun arin 'alder', from the Latin alinus, earlier alnus, and the Slavic derived suffix in Aromanian -iște and -iștea.[6] The second stems from the Aromanian noun arina 'sand', from the Latin arena and the Slavic derived suffix in Aromanian -iște, due to the Drino river and its tributary, the Gyftopotamos.[6] The new name Ktismata means 'buildings' in Greek.[7]
History
In the Ottoman period, village lands were administered by an Aga, an Ottoman official on behalf of a Pasha based in the region.[8] Ottoman rule ended and under Greece the lands were placed under the administration of Greek authorities; later they were redistributed by the state to the villagers.[8] Gjirokastër was the main market town for the village in the Ottoman era and interwar period until the closure of the Albanian–Greek border following the Second World War.[9] In both World War Two and later the Greek Civil War, the village was razed and later it was relocated to a site at the base of a hill.[10][11] Some surviving building materials were reused to construct the new village.[11] Greek multipart singing (polyphony) is practised in the village.[12]
Demographics
| Year | Village population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 251 | — |
| 1991 | 215 | — |
| 2001 | 354 | 368 |
| 2011 | 246 | 253 |
| 2021 | 127 | 133 |