Elatochori, Ioannina
Elatochori
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  Elatochori | |
| Coordinates: 39°52.3′N 20°58.8′E / 39.8717°N 20.9800°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | East Zagori |
| Area | |
• Community | 34.802 km2 (13.437 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,026 m (3,366 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 85 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 440 14 |
| Area code | +30-2656 |
| Vehicle registration | ΙΝ |
Elatochori (Greek: Ελατοχώρι, before 1927: Τσερνέσι, Tsernesi;[2][3] Aromanian: Cerneshi)[4] is a village and a community of the Zagori municipality, northwestern Greece.[5] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of East Zagori, of which it was a municipal district.[5] The 2021 census recorded 85 inhabitants in the community.[1] The community of Elatochori covers an area of 34.802 km2.[6]
Name
The place name is recorded in a charter from the early 14th century.[7] Scholar Ioannis Lambridis described the name as meaning 'black place'.[7] Linguists Gustav Weigand and Yordan Zaimov wrote the name is from an Aromanian form Cerneși.[7] Scholar Petros Fourikis said the toponym is an Albanian formation with the suffix -ësi and linguist Phaedon Malingoudis stated the name is masculine, and comes from the Slavic preposition Černeš.[8] Linguist Kostas Oikonomou wrote an analogous preposition could not be confirmed for the Aromanian derivation.[9] The Albanian derivation lacks a related prepositional word in Albanian where the subject with the addition of the Albanian ending -ësi would have formed the place name and also that the suffix is not stressed.[9]
Oikonomou stated the etymology provided by Malingoudis is accurate.[9] In Slavic there is the personal name Černeš in Serbian and its patronymic form Črnešić, from Slavic črъnъ 'black', along with other Slavic linguistic forms such as the Bulgarian črъn, črъnica 'mulberry', Serbo-Croatian crn and Slovenian črn, formed with the Slavic suffix -ešъ.[9] From those Slavic words are derived the Greek preposition tserani meaning 'to tan from smoke' and the verb tserniazo 'to blacken', in Aromanian tserniciu and tsirniciu 'sycamore tree producing black berries' and the Romanian cerni 'blacken, turn black, become bitter' and cerneală 'ink'.[9]
Demographics
Elatochori has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.[10][4]
Administrative division
The community of Elatochori consists of two separate settlements:[1]
- Dilakko (population 12 as of 2021)
- Elatochori (population 73)
See also
References
- ^ a b c "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: Tsernesi – Elatochori". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Τσερνέσι – Ελατοχώρι" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Tsernesi – Elatochori]. EETAA (in Greek). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ a b Kahl, Thede (1999). "Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt" [The Zagóri Villages in Northern Greece: Economic Unity – Ethnic Diversity]. Ethnologia Balkanica (in German). 3: 106. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2025.
- ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
- ^ a b c Oikonomou 2002, p. 293.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 293–294.
- ^ a b c d e Oikonomou 2002, p. 294.
- ^ 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. 2, 293. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.