Chalkiopoulo () is a
Greek
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village located in the northwest part of
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania (, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Central Greece (geographic region), Central Greece and the administrative regions of Greece, ...
. It is part of the municipal unit
Inachos.
History
The village existed during the struggle for the independence of Greece (1821-1829) and many of its members participated in this struggle, namely the families: Alexiou (Giannakis, Stavros), Valtinos (Athanasios, Kolios, Georgakis, Georgios, Ioannis, Panos, Dimitrios and Sotiris), Kontogiannis (Mitsos, Vaggelis, Nikolaos, Spyros), Mylonas Zacharis, Nikou Andreas, Sotiris Dimos, Christou Konstantinos, Christou or Seltsikas Spyros and others.
Chalkiopoulo appears in the list of Greece's villages which was issued by the
Greek Kingdom
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(Otto
king of Greece
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) after the independence (1832). The village belongs to the municipality of
Inachos (΄Ιναχος) and the province of
Valtos.
The original settlement is now mostly abandoned by its inhabitants (population 66 people according to the 2021
census
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). A new settlement was created along the bank of the river
Inachos with the name "New Chalkiopoulo (Νέο Χαλκιόπουλο)". Authors
Kostas Hatzopoulos and
Mitsou Andreas derive their origin from Chalkiopoulo.
Neo Chalkiopoulo
Neo Chalkiopoulo has a population of 533 inhabitants (2021). The altitude of the new village is 270 meters above the sea level. The new village has a health center which provides primary health services to all the people in the municipality of Inachous. Additionally, a
marketplace
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is present, with various goods available.
Agios Vlasios
The population of Agios Vlasios (Greek: Άγιος Βλάσιος) was 15 at the 2021 census. It is located near the old village of Chalkiopoulo, east of Neo Chalkiopoulo. The elevation is 770 meters above sea level.
References
*Stamatelatos M & Vamva F- Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδας - Τόμος 4 σελ 61- και τόμος 5 σελ. 164 - Αθήνα 2006
*Εγκυκλοπαίδεια "Δομή" - Τόμος 35 -σελ.126 - Εκδόσεις Τεγόπουλου-Μανιατέα Αθήνα 1996
*Τέλωνας Χαρ. Νικόλαος - Οι πρόμαχοι της πατρίδος Βαλτινοί αγωνιστές του '21 -Αμφιλοχία 2004
Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania
Amfilochia
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