Vlachogianni
Community in Greece
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Vlachogianni (Greek: Βλαχογιάννι, Greek pronunciation: [vlaxo'ʝani]) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality, in Greece.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Potamia, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.[2][3] The community of Vlachogianni covers an area of 33.974 km2.[4]
Vlachogianni
Βλαχογιάννι | |
|---|---|
  Vlachogianni Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 39°44.5′N 22°5.3′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Larissa |
| Municipality | Elassona |
| Municipal unit | Potamia |
| Area | |
• Community | 33.974 km2 (13.117 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 684 |
| • Density | 20.1/km2 (52.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 401 00 |
| Area code | +30-2492 |
| Vehicle registration | PI |
History
In the Ottoman tahrir defteri (number 101) of 1521, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name İvlahoyan.[5] In 1531, Vlachogianni is mentioned in an Ottoman bey's will.[3] In the end of the 16th century the main occupation of the people's residents was the cultivation of Cannabis sativa.[3] In the beginning of the 19th century the village became a chiflik of Ali Pasha.[3]
In the early 1900s, Vlachogianni was being used as a winter residence by semi-nomadic Aromanians; they were Farsherots, and Pindeans from certain villages in the region of Grevena. Between 1913 and 1914, there were 268 Aromanians that were wintering in Vlachogianni, out of a total population of 689 residents.[6]
Economy
The population of Vlachogianni is occupied in animal husbandry and agriculture (mainly tobacco).[3]