Prosilio | |
Name Local: | Προσήλιο |
Type: | community |
Periph: | Epirus |
Periphunit: | Ioannina |
Municipality: | North Tzoumerka |
Municunit: | Tzoumerka |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 79 |
Prosilio (el|Προσήλιο, literally "sunward place", before 1927: Δοβίσδανα - Dovisdana[1]) is a village in the municipal unit of Tzoumerka (Ioannina, Epirus), Greece. It is situated on a mountainside of the Athamanika mountains, at 900 m elevation. It is 3 km southwest of Syrrako, 3 km west of Kalarites, 6 km north of Pramanta and 23 km southeast of Ioannina. Its population is 79 people (2021 census).
Prosilio is one of the Aromanian-speaking villages of Tzoumerka (including Syrrako, Kalarites, Matsouki, Palaiochori and Vathypedo).
Year | Population | |
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1981 | 259 | |
1991 | 159 | |
2001 | 142 | |
2011 | 101 | |
2021 | 79 |
The community Dovisdana was created in 1919 (Law 184A - August 19), and was renamed Prosilio in 1928 (Law 81A - May 14). The community became a part of the municipality of Tzoumerka and became a municipality district under Law 244A on December 4, 1997. Its inhabitants were not of Aromanian origin, but since they traded mainly with Aromanians, they understood and spoke the Aromanian language.