Polydroso ( el, Πολύδροσο, before 1957: Βλαχώρι - ''Vlachori''
Name changes of settlements in Greece
/ref>) is a small village in the municipal unit of Paramythia
Paramythia ( el, Παραμυθιά) is a town and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Souli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Th ...
in Thesprotia, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 73. It is situated on a forested mountainside above the left bank of the river Thyamis, at about 450 m elevation. It is 10 km southwest of Voutsaras, 24 km northeast of Igoumenitsa and 31 km west of Ioannina
Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...
. The Greek National Road 6
Greek National Road 6 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 6, abbreviated as EO6) is a national road in north-central Greece. It begins at the port of Igoumenitsa and ends at Volos, passing through the towns Ioannina, Metsovo, Trikala and Larissa. The sec ...
(Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
) passes east of the village.
Population
History
Archaeological remains in the surrounding area date as far back as the 4th century BC. The present settlement was founded around 1790, and it is documented since 1827. Many of the present residents descend from people who arrived here from the village Sotira in Dropull i Sipërm
Dropull i Sipërm ( el, Άνω Δρόπολη, ''Ano Dropoli'') is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull. The population at the 20 ...
(''Ano Deropoli''), Albania around 1800.
See also
*List of settlements in Thesprotia
This is a list of settlements in Thesprotia, Greece:
* Achladea
* Aetos
* Agia Kyriaki
* Agia Marina
* Agioi Pantes
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Vlasios
* Ampelia
* Ampelonas
* Anavryto
* Argyrotopos
* Asprokklisi
* Avlotopos
* Charavgi
* ...
References
External links
Official websitePolydroso at the GTP Travel Pages
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Populated places in Thesprotia
Souli