Angariones (Greek: Αγγαριώνες, older form Αγκαρυώνες - ''Agkaryones'') is a village in the
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island of
Lemnos
Lemnos or Limnos ( el, Λήμνος; grc, Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The p ...
, part of the municipal unit
Nea Koutali
Nea Koutali ( el, Νέα Κούταλη) is a municipal unit on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece. Located in the south central portion of the island with a land area of , it accounts for about 15.9% of the island's area, making it the sma ...
. In 2011 its population was 116. It is situated in the western part of the island, 1.5 km north of
Portianou, 2 km west of Nea Koutali, 4 km northeast of
Kontias, 4 km west of the
Lemnos Airport and 10 km east of
Myrina.
Population
History
The village was first mentioned in 1396 in a codex of the
Pantokratoros monastery
Pantokratoros Monastery ( el, Μονή Παντοκράτορος) is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the Athos peninsula, and is dedicated to the Transfiguration ...
as "Kariones". The German traveller
Conze knew it as "Agrionis" in 1858. The strategic location of the village on a hill over the bay of Moudros made it very suitable as an observation point for the
Byzantines. On the small hill "Paliokastro" there were watchtowers, used during the
Orlov Revolt, that were known as the "Angariones Vigles". The name probably refers to "angaron pyr", the fire that the watchmen used to send signals.
Until the 20th century, Angariones has always been a very small village, with some farms and a small church of St. George. There were 25 families in 1862, it slowly rose to 28 in 1874. It was part of the community of Kontias. In 1928 it became an independent community with only 15 inhabitants, but the population grew with the arrival of refugees and landless people. It had 45 inhabitants in 1935. A water supply with a beautiful fountain was built, trees were planted and a school was opened. Cotton cultivation brought significant growth in the 1940s and 1950s, and the population reached its peak at 242 in 1951. It declined again due to emigration, and in 2011 its population was 116.
See also
*
List of settlements in the Lemnos regional unit
This is a list of settlements in Lemnos regional unit in Greece:
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agios Efstratios
* Angariones
* Atsiki
* Dafni
* Fisini
* Kalliopi
* Kallithea
* Kaminia
* Karpasi
* Kaspakas
* Katalakko
* Kontias
* Kontopouli
* Ko ...
Sources
*Tourptsoglou-Stefanidou Vasiliki, ''Travels and Geographical Texts From Lemnos Island (15th-20th Centuries)'' (Ταξιδιωτικά και γεωγραφικά κείμενα για τη νήσο Λήμνο (15ος-20ος αιώνας))
*
Belitsos, Theodoros, ''Lemnos and its villages'' by Th. Belitsos 1994.
*''Lemnos Province CD Rom'' (Cdrom Επαρχείου Λήμνου): ''Lovable Lemnos''
External links
Angariones at the GTP Travel Pages
References
{{Nea Koutali
Nea Koutali
Populated places in Lemnos