Kryoneri, Elis

For other uses, see Kryoneri.

Kryoneri Κρυονέρι
Location
Kryoneri
Coordinates	37°43′N 21°39′E / 37.717°N 21.65°E / 37.717; 21.65Coordinates: 37°43′N 21°39′E / 37.717°N 21.65°E / 37.717; 21.65
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	West Greece
Regional unit:	Elis
Municipality:	Archaia Olympia
Municipal unit:	Archaia Olympia
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	218
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Kryoneri (Greek: Modern: Κρυονέρι) is a little village near Olympia with about 400 citizens. Its 2001 population was 264^[1].

Nearest places

• Olympia, south

Location

Kryoneri is located south of Patras, east-northeast of Pyrgos, north of Olympia, north of Krestena and east-southeast of Amaliada.

Population

Year	Village population
1981	210
1991	225
2001	264

Geography

Smila is situated in a valley area that contains mainly farmlands, forests covers the majority of the area, the remainder are made up of farmlands which are situated within the village and by its valleys, the mountains including the Foloi dominates the area. The average elevation is as low as 50 m tall and as high as 100 m tall. Forests includes pines, firs, spruces and cypresses.

History

The Great Plague occurred in 14th century (1347–1350) along with malaria and devastated much of Elis' population. The inhabitants of the villages, Basta and Kaloletsi (Καλολετσή) in the modern municipality of Oleni and Milies in Olympia eliminated the entire population. After, Albanians inhabited the area and were Orthodox Christians. During the replacement of human strnength, closed by the emperor Emmanuel Katakouzinos (1348–1380) and after the Palaiologos, 10,000 Albanians arrived in Ilia.

The village in the village of Bastia before the Great Plague of 1350. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Bastaioi also spoke Greek and Albanian together in which happened in many areas in Greece. The village changed its name to present day Kryoneri meaning cold water in which brought the end of being an Albanian speaking area. The children of Basta no longer learn or speak Albanian.

Until 1950, four villages in Ilia still spoke Albanians or Albanophones^[2]. Three of the villages were neighboring and were in the foot of Foloi. They were Basta, Kaloletsi and Milies. The fourth village was Komi (Κώμη) founded in Vouprasia.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. The population remained steady since the mid to late 20th century. Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. The population stably grew between 1981 and 2001.

The village was endangered by a fire in 2007 that arrived from the south of the banks of the Alfeios, flames plundered the forests around the area and changed its geographical shape to an ashy situation, some flames came from the souhtwest which included Varvasaina and Platanos. Firefighters battled the blaze along with choppers and airplanes and began in the afternoon and evening hours on Sunday August 26 and continued into Monday August 27. It transformed into an ugly not so beautiful scene that became all burnt and grey, the air became stale. It may take several years to recover the forests, planting will rarely be done.

Name origin

The origin of the first name Basta (Μπάστα) came from Italian. Today it is everyday use in the neighbouring countries. The Ancient Greek vastazo (βαστάζω) meaning I bear and carry derived to the Latin in which it came from Italian and returned to Greek with that word.

These sowned Venetian olives, the partially finished Venetian built castle in Kionia, in many words in everyday Bastian words remain with the Venetians in the years before and after 1204.

After the Greek Revolution of 1831 and the first census in what was then Morea, in 1828, it was part of the Gastouni department^[3] In the first years of the Greek government, in 1836, it was a part of the municipality of Oleni and became a part of the Ilia prefecture (department). In the censuses during 1840, 1841 and 1842, it was part known as Oleniaion in Greek, in the 1845 census, it remained Oleni. In 1912, the municipality was dissolved, and was not recreated until 1997. The settlements of Basta and Chelidoni was part of the community of Chelidoni. It was finally renamed to Kryoneri in 1928 when Eleftherios Venizelos was in power]] along with the Ministry of the Interior. In 1932, it declared itself an independent community. The change of the name did not received from the Bastians for much from several reasons. During the Ioannis Metaxas power in 1940, shortly when Greece joine World War II, it was renamed itself to Monastiri (Μοναστήριον) and Monastirion other than book publications that are stories and films. During the power, the Bastians were enraged. The village restored to its current name to Kryoneri in 1953.

Economy

Its main production are fruits, vegetables, olives and cattle along with businesses and services. The majority of the production are olives.

References

1. ^ YPES (The National Statistic Bureau of Greece), 2001 census
2. ^ G. Papandreou Ilia dia mesou ton eonon (Η Ηλεία δια μέσου των αιώνων) 1924, p 34 and 340
3. ^ Inhabitants Of Morea During 1828 (Οικισμοί του Μοριά κατά το έτος 1828 = Ikismi tou Moria kata to etos 1828) Peloponisiaka 1971 T Grispoulos.

External links

• Kryoneri GTP Travel Pages

See also

• List of settlements in the Elis prefecture