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Grevena ( el, Γρεβενά, ''Grevená'', , rup, Grebini) is a town and
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Western Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Located in north-western ...
, northern
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, capital of the
Grevena Grevena ( el, Γρεβενά, ''Grevená'', , rup, Grebini) is a town and municipality in Western Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the Grevena regional unit. The town's current population is 13,374 citizens (2011). It lies about from Ath ...
regional unit. The town's current population is 13,374 citizens (2011). It lies about from
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and about from
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. The municipality's population is 25,905. Grevena has had access to the Egnatia Odos since the early 2000s, which now connects
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with
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and
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at the border with
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. Mountains surround the municipality, which is situated by the river Greveniotikos, which itself flows into the Aliakmon. Other significant towns in the municipality are Amygdaliés and Méga Seiríni. Grevena Municipal Museum is located in the town.


History


Ottoman period

Under Ottoman rule, Grevena (Ottoman name ''Gerebena'') was the seat of the
kaza A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...
of Grevena, Sanjak of Serfice, Manastir Vilayet. According to the statistics of
Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, ...
("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 600
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
, 500
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, 200
Vallahades The Vallahades ( el, Βαλαχάδες) or Valaades ( el, Βαλαάδες) were a Muslim Macedonian Greek population who lived along the river Haliacmon in southwest Greek Macedonia, in and around Anaselitsa (modern Neapoli) and Grevena. They n ...
(Greek-speaking Muslims), 150
Aromanians The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Alba ...
and 100
Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
lived in the town in 1900.


1995 earthquake

The earthquake that occurred in the region on 13 May 1995 was 6.6 on the
Richter magnitude scale The Richter scale —also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale—is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Francis Richter and presented in his landmark 1935 ...
, but it caused only material damage. The worst hit area was the county of Ventzia. There were two foreshocks of lesser intensity that preceded the main earthquake by a few minutes and warned people. These warnings sent the population out of their houses. When the main earthquake came, it destroyed nearly all the houses in several villages of the Ventzia County – the houses collapsed to the ground – but all the inhabitants were outside. Another earthquake on 5 January 2005 measured 4.9 near Grevena. It took place at 20:00 local time (EET), and no damage was reported. Another earthquake with a measured intensity of 5.4 occurred on 17 July 2007 at 21:23 local time (EET) and was followed by weak aftershocks. Some older buildings were lightly damaged in villages northeast of Grevena.


Administrative division


Municipality

The municipality Grevena was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 13 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Agios Kosmas *
Dotsiko Dotsiko ( el, Δοτσικό) is a village and a former community in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena Grevena ( el, Γρεβενά, ''Grevená'', , rup ...
* Filippaioi *
Gorgiani Gorgiani ( el, Γόργιανη) is a municipal unit of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a municipality of its own. The 2011 census recorded 885 residents in the municipal unit. Gorgiani covers an area of 20 ...
*Grevena *
Irakleotes Irakleotes ( el, Ηρακλεώτες) is a municipal unit of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform, it was an independent municipality. The seat of the municipality was in Agios Georgios. The 2011 census recorded 1,89 ...
*
Mesolouri Mesolouri ( el, Μεσολούρι) is a mountain village and a former community in Grevena regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit. ...
*
Samarina Samarina ( el, Σαμαρίνα, rup, Samarina, Xamarina, San Marina) is a village and a former municipality in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of whic ...
*
Smixi Smixi ( el, Σμίξη, rup, Zmixi) is an Aromanian village and a former community in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit. ...
*
Theodoros Ziakas Theodoros Ziakas ( el, Θεόδωρος Ζιάκας; Mavronoros, Grevena, 1798 – Atalanti, 1882) was a chieftain in Macedonia during the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Biography His family were Armatoloi in Western Macedonia. When the Gre ...
*
Ventzio Ventzio ( el, Βέντζιο) is a municipal unit of the Grevena municipality.


Municipal unit

The municipal unit of Grevena is divided into the following communities: *
Agioi Theodoroi Agioi Theodoroi ( el, Άγιοι Θεόδωροι) is a town and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi, of which it is a ...
* Amygdalies * Elatos * Elefthero * Felli *
Kalochi Kalochi () is a village and a community of the Grevena, Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Grevena, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 31 residents in the v ...
*
Kyrakali Kyrakali () is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Grevena, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 109 residents in the village ...
*
Megalo Seirini Megalo Seirini () is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality.
*
Myrsina ''Myrsina'' or ''Myrtle'' is a Greek fairy tale collected by in '' Folktales of Greece''. Other variants were collected by Anna Angelopoulou. It is Aarne-Thompson type 709, Snow White, though substituting many motifs: sisters for the stepmother ...
* Rodia * Megaro * Vatolakkos


Community

The community of Grevena consists of three separate settlements: *
Doxaras Doxaras () is a village of the Grevena municipality. The 2011 census recorded 208 residents in the village. Doxaras is a part of the community of Grevena. See also * List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit This is a list of settlements ...
(population 208) *Grevena (population 13,137) * Kalamitsi (population 29) The aforementioned population figures are .


Education

Two departments of the
university of Western Macedonia The University of Western Macedonia (UoWM; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Μακεδονίας) is a multi-campus university in Western Macedonia region of Greece. It was founded in Kozani in 2003 (Presidential Decree No. 92 / 11 ...
based in the city, the departments of Statistics and Insurance Science and Business Administration.


Economy

In the area, there is large production of
mushrooms A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the na ...
, collected in the Valia Calda area. It is also the place of production of Anevato cheese.


Climate

Grevena has a mediterranean continental climate characterized by a great diurnal temperature variation. Winters are cold with frequent snowfalls, whereas summers are hot during the day and cool during the night.


Historical population

Population statistics, 1981-2011.


People

*
Theodoros Ziakas Theodoros Ziakas ( el, Θεόδωρος Ζιάκας; Mavronoros, Grevena, 1798 – Atalanti, 1882) was a chieftain in Macedonia during the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Biography His family were Armatoloi in Western Macedonia. When the Gre ...
, fighter in the Greek revolution * Konstantinos Dimidis, fighter in the Greek revolution * Kostas Koutsomytis, director *
Kostas Papanikolaou Konstantinos "Kostas" Papanikolaou ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Παπανικολάου; born 31 July 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroL ...
, former NBA player *
Miltiadis Tentoglou Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou ( el, Μιλτιάδης Τεντόγλου ; born 18 March 1998) is a Greek long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In 2022, Tentoglou became the World Indoor champion jumping the current Gr ...
, Olympic and European champion long jumper * Eva Chantava, volleyball player


References


External links


Official website

Dasilio Grevenon

Grevena (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages
(in English and Greek)
Grevena (town) on GTP Travel Pages
(in English and Greek)

{{Authority control Populated places in Grevena (regional unit) Municipalities of Western Macedonia Aromanian settlements in Greece