Vourvoura (Greek: Βούρβουρα) is a village in the municipal unit of Skiritida, Tripoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Parnon mountains, at 1,000 m above sea level.. It is 5 km west of Agios Petros, 5 km north of Karyes (Laconia) and 22 km southeast of Tripoli.
Vourvoura
Βούρβουρα | |
|---|---|
  Vourvoura | |
| Coordinates: 37°20.1′N 22°29.5′E / 37.3350°N 22.4917°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Arcadia |
| Municipality | Tripoli |
| Municipal unit | Skiritida |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 161 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
editIn 1822 three families escaped from Chios and fled to Vourvoura due to the Chios massacre.
In 1863 the Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Βουρβούρων was founded in Vourvoura.
In 1917 the first car was brought to Vourvoura.
In 1940 106 male Greeks from Vouvoura volunteered to fight in the Greco-Italian War
From the years 1946-1949 Vourvoura was embroiled in a civil war between royalists and communists, in which members of the communist andartes were hiding in Vourvoura and fighting in the nearby mountains.
In 2011 Vouvoura was merged into the Skiritida municipality.
Population
edit| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 448 |
| 1991 | 462 |
| 2001 | 369 |
| 2011 | 252 |
| 2021 | 161 |
Notable people
edit- Sam Panopoulos (1934 — 2017), inventor of the Hawaiian pizza, in Chatham, ON.[2]
- Charalambos Zouras (1885 — 1972), an Olympian during the 1896 Summer Olympics.
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sotirios (Sam) Panopoulos".
External links
edit- Vourvoura at the University of Patras's Arcadia and Historic Arcadia section