Fragkades

Fragkades
Φραγκάδες
Community
Fragkades is located in Greece
Fragkades
Fragkades
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 39°49′49″N 20°52′56″E / 39.83028°N 20.88222°E / 39.83028; 20.88222
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
MunicipalityZagori
Municipal unitTymfi
Elevation
1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Community
69
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Fragkades (Greek: Φραγκάδες, Aromanian: Frinci) is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.

Name

The toponym stems from the surname Frangos and the Greek family ending -ades, comparable to suffixes with -as. The surname Frangos is from the ethnic term Frangos meaning 'foreigner, not native' or 'Catholic, not Orthodox', a medieval borrowing in Greek from the Latin Francus.

History

The village was settled by the inhabitants of the now deserted villages: Tsanades, Strombetsiko, Christoforo and Linou.

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks, and an Aromanian community which has assimilated into the local population.

See also

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. 1 2 Kahl, Thede (1999). "Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt" [The Zagóri Villages in Northern Greece: Economic Unity – Ethnic Diversity]. Ethnologia Balkanica (in German). 3: 106. Frangádes, Frînci: griechische Zagorisier, aromunischer Bevölkerungsanteil in übriger Bevölkerung aufgegangen
  3. 1 2 3 Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. p. 298. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.