Manna, Greece

Settlement in Greece

Manna

Μάννα

Settlement

Manna

Coordinates: 37°58′44″N 22°30′40″E﻿ / ﻿37.979°N 22.511°E﻿ / 37.979; 22.511
Country| Greece
Administrative region| Peloponnese
Regional unit| Corinthia
Municipality| Xylokastro-Evrostina
Municipal unit| Xylokastro
Population

(2021)[1]

• Community

| 340
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
View of Manna, Corinthia, southern Greece

Manna (Greek: Μάννα, before 1927: Μάρκασι - Markasi[2]) is a village in Corinthia, southern Greece. It is a community of the municipal unit Xylokastro. It resides at the mountain foot of Ziria at an elevation of 850m. The name originates from a spring in the village. Before that the village was named Markasi which is a Turkish word that means Marias eyebrow because of the mountain line above the village which looks like an eyebrow.

## History

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The village was founded in 1800 from colonists that came from Barbitsa and from Lagadia Arkadias. Members of the family Barbitsioti settled in Markasi at around 1820. The village participated in the revolution of 1821 against the Turks. Under the leadership of Basili Barbitsioti they fortified under a rock at the entrance of the village and drive the Turks away many times. At that time the family Barbitsioti built the church of Ag. Dimitrios. During World War II the village was the only one that wasn't demolished by the Germans because the women of the village found a dead German that was killed during a battle and buried him with all the honors they buried a Greek man. So the German commander ordered not to harm anybody and not destroy the village. The village has a church Ag. Konstantinos-Elenis which was built from the stones the villagers carried from the mountain at 1880. When the earthquakes of 1921 struck, two large rocks fell off the mountain 6mX4m but they stopped right before the church and did not destroy the homes of the villagers.

Another spring that resides in the village has the phenomenon of tide for 6 hours the water is released and for another 6 it is not. The phenomenon is inexplicable yet because there are no similar phenomena in the greater area of Corinth.

The mountain is private because the citizens have bought it from Notara after the revolution. The economy is based on agricultural production. The village produces apples, oil and other fruits. The apples are famous in Greece like the apples from Pilio.

## Population

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Year | Population

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1879 | 609
1889 | 700
1907 | 908
1928 | 1024
1940 | 1249
1951 | 977
1971 | 765
1991 | 670
2011 | 476
2021 | 340

## See also

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* List of settlements in Corinthia

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ Name changes of settlements in Greece

## External links

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* Official website (in Greek)

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Subdivisions of the municipality of Xylokastro-Evrostina

Municipal unit of Evrostina|

* Chelydoreo
* Derveni
* Elliniko
* Evrostina
* Kallithea
* Lygia
* Lykoporia
* Pyrgos
* Sarantapicho
* Stomio

Municipal unit of Xylokastro|

* Ano Trikala
* Dendro
* Geliniatika
* Kamari
* Karya
* Kato Loutro
* Kato Synoikia Trikalon
* Korfiotissa
* Lagkadaiika
* Mesi Synoikia Trikalon
* Manna
* Melissi
* Nees Vrysoules
* Panariti
* Pellini
* Pitsa
* Rethi
* Riza
* Sofiana
* Stylia
* Sykia
* Thalero
* Throfari
* Xanthochori
* Xylokastro
* Zemeno

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