Aetomilitsa

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title: "Aetomilitsa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-ioannina-(regional-unit)", "konitsa", "aromanian-settlements-in-greece"] description: "Village in Epirus, Greece" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-ioannina-regional-unit" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetomilitsa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Epirus, Greece ::

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Field	Value
name	Aetomilitsa
name_local	el
rup
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Aetomilitsis.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	Epirus
periphunit	Ioannina
municipality	Konitsa
population	200
population_as_of	2021
area	51.297
elevation	1430
coordinates
postal_code	440 15
area_code	+30-2655
licence	IN
image_skyline	Aetomilitsa-Densko.jpg
caption_skyline	View on Aetomilitsa village. Peaks of Gramos mountain visible in the background
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|name = Aetomilitsa |name_local = el rup |type = municipal unit |image_map = DE Aetomilitsis.svg |map_caption = Location within the regional unit |periph = Epirus |periphunit = Ioannina |municipality = Konitsa |population = 200 |population_as_of = 2021 |area = 51.297 |elevation = 1430 |coordinates = |postal_code = 440 15 |area_code = +30-2655 |licence = IN |website = |image_skyline = Aetomilitsa-Densko.jpg |caption_skyline = View on Aetomilitsa village. Peaks of Gramos mountain visible in the background Aetomilitsa (, before 1927: Δέντσικον, Dentsikon, between 1927–1928: Γαλαταριά, Galataria; ) is a village in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Konitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. Before 2011, it was an independent community. The 2021 census recorded 200 residents in the village. The community of Aetomilitsa covers an area of 51.297 km2.

Name

Linguist Max Vasmer writes the toponym is Slavic and linked to the form Vodensko, found in several other Slavic placenames in the Balkans. Linguist Kostas Oikonomou derives the toponym from the Slavic dědina indicating 'the grandfather's inheritance', inheritance', 'the estate from inheritance', 'estate', 'village'.

The first part of the placename is formed from the Slavic word dědъ meaning 'grandfather' and the suffix -ina. The adjectival suffix ъskъ (feminine ъska) with the omission of the definite noun dědinъskъ from the toponym was formed by the sound cluster sk becoming ck, thus dědinъsko; rendering of Slavic ě with e in Greek and elimination of the unstressed i and ъ, hence dedncko and the elimination of d through dissimilation probably in Greek of d-d into d-ø.

Geography

The village lies on the Gramos mountain. It is one of the highest communities in Greece situated at an altitude of 1430 m.

Climate

Aetomilitsa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) using the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm, or a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) using the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm for the coldest month. Aetomilitsa experiences cold winters with high precipitation and warm, drier summers.

|location=Aetomilitsa |metric first=yes |single line=yes |collapsed=y |Jan high C=1.35 |Feb high C=4.05 |Mar high C=8.25 |Apr high C=11.39 |May high C=16.83 |Jun high C=20.88 |Jul high C=26.52 |Aug high C=25.39 |Sep high C=21.93 |Oct high C=14.78 |Nov high C=7.53 |Dec high C=3.41 |year high C= |Jan mean C=-1.65 |Feb mean C=0.02 |Mar mean C=3.11 |Apr mean C=7.42 |May mean C=12.30 |Jun mean C=16.16 |Jul mean C=20.39 |Aug mean C=20.76 |Sep mean C=15.45 |Oct mean C=8.68 |Nov mean C=3.53 |Dec mean C=-0.2 |year mean C= |Jan low C=-5.30 |Feb low C=-3.32 |Mar low C=-1.19 |Apr low C=2.27 |May low C=5.86 |Jun low C=9.42 |Jul low C=12.40 |Aug low C=12.10 |Sep low C=7.67 |Oct low C=4.39 |Nov low C=-0.86 |Dec low C=-4.04 |year low C= |Jan precipitation mm=144.84 |Feb precipitation mm=144.48 |Mar precipitation mm=115.25 |Apr precipitation mm=105.99 |May precipitation mm=111.82 |Jun precipitation mm=66.35 |Jul precipitation mm=51.45 |Aug precipitation mm=58.93 |Sep precipitation mm=54.78 |Oct precipitation mm=103.68 |Nov precipitation mm=155.22 |Dec precipitation mm=172.09 |year precipitation mm= |Jan sun=119.09 |Feb sun=125.85 |Mar sun=154.85 |Apr sun=162.02 |May sun=205.07 |Jun sun=275.09 |Jul sun=295.31 |Aug sun=270.15 |Sep sun=200.00 |Oct sun=167.03 |Nov sun=113.25 |Dec sun=85.92 |year sun= |source 1 = Hellenic National Meteorological Service{{cite web | url=http://climatlas.hnms.gr/sdi/ | title=Kalarites Climatic Data | publisher=Hellenic National Meteorological Service | access-date=14 March 2021 | date=March 2021

History

For a time during the Greek Civil War (1946-1949), Aetomilitsa was the seat of the communist rebels, the so-called "Provisional Democratic Government".

Demographics

Aetomilitsa has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.

References

References

1. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Dentsikon – Galataria".
2. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Galataria – Aetomilitsa".
3. {{harvnb. Oikonomou. 2002
4. {{harvnb. Koukoudis. 2003
5. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
6. Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Δέντσικον – Γαλαταριά – Αετομηλίτσα".
7. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
8. {{harvnb. Oikonomou. 2002
9. {{harvnb. Oikonomou. 2002
10. "Fourwheel drive to Grammos - Lake Moutsalia".
11. Shrader, Charles R.. (1999). "The Withered Vine: Logistics and the Communist Insurgency in Greece, 1945-1949". Greenwood Publishing Group.
12. Oikonomou, Kostas E.. (2002). "Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση". Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon.
13. Koukoudis, Asterios. (2003). "The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora". Zitros Publications.

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