Akraifnio
Akraifnio
Ακραίφνιο | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Greece |
| Regional unit | Boeotia |
| Municipality | Orchomenos |
| Municipal unit | Akraifnia |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Community | 1,256 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΒΙ |
Akraifnio (Greek: Ακραίφνιο, before 1933: Καρδίτσα - Karditsa[2]) is a village in Boeotia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Akraifnia, which is a municipal unit of the municipality Orchomenos since the 2011 local government reform.[3] Population 1,256 (2001).
History
Akraifnio was named after the ancient city Acraephia. Acraephia was an ancient Greek city (polis) on the eastern shore of Lake Copais (dissolved in the late 19th century for the creation of farmlands and became the Kopaida Valley), believed to have been founded by the mythical Acraepheus. The ruins are about a mile from the modern village. There was a sanctuary there to Acraephian or Ptoan Apollo with an oracle. When Alexander razed Thebes those who were too weak or old to move to Attica settled at Acraphnium.[4]
References
- ^ De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
- ^ Name changes of settlements in Greece
- ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior Template:El icon
- ^ Pausanias IX.23.3
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