Examilia ( el, Εξαμίλια) is a town in the municipality of
Corinth
Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...
,
Greece
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. It is situated about 5 km south of Corinth, and 6 km west of
Kechries
Kechries ( el, Κεχριές, rarely Κεχρεές) is a village in the municipality of Corinth in Corinthia in Greece, part of the community of Xylokeriza. Population 238 (2011). It takes its name from the ancient port town Kenchreai or Cenchr ...
(ancient Cenchreae).
History
The town was first attested in 1676 by
French archaeologist
Jacob Spon as an
Albanian (
Arvanite
Arvanites (; Arvanitika: , or , ; Greek: , ) are a bilingual population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded as settler ...
) village.
In present times only few of the inhabitants are still able to speak
Arvanitika
Arvanitika (; Arvanitika: , ; Greek: , ), also known as Arvanitic, is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece. Arvanitika is today endangered, as its speakers have been shifting to the u ...
.
According to the inhabitants of the town they are descended from Albanian settlers that arrived in
Corinth
Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...
earlier than the ones of
Xylokeriza.
Based on Spon and
Francis Wheler modern historians assume that the ancestors of Examilians had settled the area at least since the late 17th century.
Examilians have been reported to not always be in good terms with the inhabitants of Xylokeriza.
According to some scholars the source of these local differences is that Examilians descend from earlier settlers than the ones of Xylokeriza.
Demographics
Other
The population also has
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
minority. On February 18, 2000, clashes occurred with four police officers and the minorities.
Sources
External links
GTP - Examilia
See also
*
List of settlements in Corinthia
This is a list of settlements in Corinthia, Greece.
* Agioi Theodoroi
* Agionori
* Agios Ioannis
* Agios Vasileios
* Aidonia
* Ancient Corinth
* Angelokastro
* Ano Trikala
* Archaia Feneos
* Archaia Nemea
* Archaies Kleones
* Asprokampos
...
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Arvanite settlements
Populated places in Corinthia
Saronic Gulf