Elatia, Drama Explained

Elatia
Name Local:Ελατιά
Caption Skyline:Entering the forest village of Elatia.
Coordinates:41.4807°N 43.5°W
Periph:East Macedonia and Thrace
Periphunit:Drama
Municipality:Drama
Municunit:Sidironero
Population As Of:1920
Population:153
Postal Code:66035
Area Code:25240

Elatia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ελατιά, Ελατιάς), until 1927 known as Kalyvia Koutra or Kara Dere (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Καλύβια Κούτρα, Καρά Ντερέ, Καράντερέ, Bulgarian: Кара дере[1] [2] [3]), is a forest village in Northern Greece near the border with Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the Karantere forest. The settlement, which became part of the community of Sidironero in 1927, was dissolved in 1940.[1]

History

After the Russo-Turkish War the village of Elatia (Kalyvia Koutra or Karadere) remained within the borders of the Ottoman Empire and its population consisted of Pomaks[4] and occasionally some Sarakatsani families who used to stay there in summers. It was acceded to Greece after World War I. Its name was changed to Elatia (Ελατιά) in 1927. The village was depopulated in the period 1919–1934, most probably in 1923 as a result of the Treaty of Lausanne. Since then the village remained a place for Sarakatsani in the summers, and nowadays it serves as a center of the forestry enterprise of Elatia mountain and as a tourist station and mountain refuge.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: EETAA local government changes . 26 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Λιθοξόου . Δημήτρης . http://www.freewebs.com/onoma/met.htm . el:Μετονομασίες των οικισμών της Μακεδονίας 1919 - 1971 . Greek . 3 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212233103/http://www.freewebs.com/onoma/met.htm . 12 February 2010.
  3. Book: Simovski , Todor . Atlas Of The Inhabited Places Of The Aegean Macedonia . 1999 . Türk Tarih Kurumu . Ankara . 975-16-1103-2 . 55.
  4. Book: Мехмед , Хюсеин . Помаците и торбешите в Мизия, Тракия и Македония . 2007 . София . 3 December 2008 . 57. https://web.archive.org/web/20091027105924/http://geocities.com/yusuf.ismailov/pomaks.html. dead . 2009-10-27. Bulgarian .