Zarakes

Zarakes
Ζάρακες
Community
Zarakes is located in Greece
Zarakes
Zarakes
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 38°18′04″N 24°11′31″E / 38.30111°N 24.19194°E / 38.30111; 24.19194
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Greece
Regional unitEuboea
MunicipalityKymi-Aliveri
Municipal unitDystos
Population
 (2021)
 • Community
632
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
A color, aerial photograph of a village in the foreground with mountains in the background.
An aerial view of Zarakes and surrounding area

Zarakes (Greek: Ζάρακες, before 1953: Ζάρκα - Zarka) is a village and a community in the Dystos municipal unit of Euboea, Greece. Its population was 632 according to the latest census (2021). The village has historically been Arvanitika speaking.

The community of the same name (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Ζαράκων) comprises Zarakes proper and Paralia Zarakon (Zarakes Beach).

An ancient fortress near Zarakes has been identified with the Eretrian fort of Zaretra (Ancient Greek: Ζάρητρα) mentioned by Plutarch.

Attractions in Zarakes include:

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ Pantelidis, Nikos; Liosis, Nikos (2019). "Dialectical Modern Greek Influences on Arvanitika". Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistics Theory. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 224.
  4. ↑ ZARKA (“Zaretra”) Euboia, Greece, entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.
  5. ↑ Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Life of Phocion" 13 (ed. Clough 1859; ed. Loeb).