Iliochori
Ηλιοχώρι Dovrinovo | |
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  Iliochori | |
| Coordinates: 39°58.83′N 20°54.51′E / 39.98050°N 20.90850°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | Tymfi |
| Elevation | 920 m (3,020 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 35 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 440 10 |
| Area code(s) | +30-26530 |
Iliochori (Greek: Ηλιοχώρι, "Village of the Sun", before 1927: Δοβρίνοβο - Dovrinovo; Aromanian: Dovrinovo[2]) is one of the Zagori villages in northwest Greece. It is located in the municipal unit of Tymfi in the northern part of the regional unit of Ioannina.[3] According to a local legend, the village was founded as Rasciana, on the river of the same name. However, that site was abandoned because of a lack of drinking water, and the inhabitants scattered to found Iliochori and the nearby town of Laista (ancient Lisinitza). Iliochori was traditionally an agricultural village, with husbandry and cultivation of barley and vetch being among its primary areas of economic activity. Viticulture was also prominent, and the village produced a wine, Dobrovino, that gave it its original name. Caravans leaving from Iliochori carried products from the region to the Balkans for trade. The town suffered severe damage in both World War II and the Greek Civil War and lost a large portion of its population during the 1940s as a result.[4][5][6]
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Name changes of settlements in Greece". www.pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Απογραφή Πληθυσμού – Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ^ "Το Ηλιοχώρι είναι ένα από τα Βλαχοχώρια του Ζαγορίου και διοικητικά ανήκει στον Δήμο Τύμφης". www.epirusexplorer.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "ΗλιοχώριΆρθρα: Το χωρίο Ηλιοχώρι με δυο λόγια". www.520greeks.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Ηλιοχώρι". www.buk.gr. Retrieved 1 January 2021.