Molyvdoskepastos
Molyvdoskepastos
Μολυβδοσκέπαστος | |
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Molyvdoskepastos Location within the regional unit | |
| Coordinates: 40°3′46″N 20°34′14″E / 40.06278°N 20.57056°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Konitsa |
| Municipal unit | Konitsa |
| Elevation | 501 m (1,644 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 45 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Molyvdoskepastos (Greek: Μολυβδοσκέπαστος, before 1929: Δεπαλίτσα, Depalitsa)[2][3] is a village located in the municipality of Konitsa, in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.[4] It has a population of 45 people (2021) and is the birthplace of former Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Although traditionally included in the historical region of Pogoni, it is not a part of the municipality of Pogoni.[5]
The village is located on the eastern side of Mt. Nemërçka, on the left side of the river Vjosa and is 1.5km west to south-west from its merger with the Sarantaporos river.[6]
Name
The village is recorded as Dipalitza in the chronicle of Mount Athos (1585), while in the 19th century scholar Panagiotis Aravantinos uses the same form and scholar Ioannis Lambridis wrote it as Dipalitsa and described as meaning 'water mill'.[6]
Linguist Kostas Oikonomou states the toponym is Albanian and a compound derived from the Albanian numeral dy 'two' and the preposition palic/ë, -a which is a form of the noun pal/ë, -a meaning 'aspect, district, side' and the diminutive ending in old Albanian -icë and -ica stemming from the Slavic -ica, while the Albanian y became i in Greek.[7] The word pal/ë, -a is used in the toponym as a geographical term.[8] The village was renamed after the Monastery of Panagia Molyvdoskepastos.[6]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Depalitsa – Molyvdoskepastos". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Δεπαλίτσα – Μολυβδοσκέπαστον" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Depalitsa – Molyvdoskepaston]. EETAA (in Greek). Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ Κοκολάκης, Μιχάλης. "Η τουρκική στατιστική (σαλναμές) της Ηπείρου του 1895" (PDF) (in Greek). p. 7 of the PDF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-02.
- ^ a b c Oikonomou 2002, p. 98.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 98–99.
- ^ Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. p. 99. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.