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Polydroso Πολύδροσο
Community
Polydroso
Coordinates: 39°37′N 20°30′E / 39.617°N 20.500°E / 39.617; 20.500
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Thesprotia
Municipality	Souli
Municipal unit	Paramythia
Population
• Community	48
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Polydroso (Greek: Πολύδροσο, before 1957: Βλαχώρι - Vlachori) is a small village in the municipal unit of Paramythia in Thesprotia, Greece. It is situated on a forested mountainside above the left bank of the river Thyamis, at about 450 m elevation. It is 10 km southwest of Voutsaras, 24 km northeast of Igoumenitsa and 31 km west of Ioannina. The Greek National Road 6 (Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Larissa) passes east of the village.

Population

History

Archaeological remains in the surrounding area date as far back as the 4th century BC. The present settlement was founded around 1790, and it is documented since 1827. Many of the present residents descend from people who arrived here from the village Sotira in Dropull i Sipërm (Ano Deropoli), Albania around 1800.

See also

• List of settlements in Thesprotia

References

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
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
4. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

External links

• Official website

• Populated places in Thesprotia
• Souli