Municipal unit in Greece
Aetomilitsa (Greek: Αετομηλίτσα, before 1927: Δέντσικο - Dentsiko,[2] Aromanian: Densko, Denicko, Denisco) 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.[3] Before 2011, it was an independent community.[2] The 2021 census recorded 200 residents in the village.[1] The community of Aetomilitsa covers an area of 51.297 square kilometres (19.806 sq mi).[4]
Geography
The village lies on the Gramos mountain. It is one of the highest communities in Greece situated at an altitude of 1,430 metres (4,690 ft).[4] A glacial lake, Moutsalia Lake (Greek: Λίμνη Μουτσάλια) is situated 5 km as the crow flies or 13 km drive on a dirt road from Aetomilitsa.[5]
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.
| Climate data for Aetomilitsa
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
1.35
(34.43)
|
4.05
(39.29)
|
8.25
(46.85)
|
11.39
(52.50)
|
16.83
(62.29)
|
20.88
(69.58)
|
26.52
(79.74)
|
25.39
(77.70)
|
21.93
(71.47)
|
14.78
(58.60)
|
7.53
(45.55)
|
3.41
(38.14)
|
13.53
(56.35)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−1.65
(29.03)
|
0.02
(32.04)
|
3.11
(37.60)
|
7.42
(45.36)
|
12.30
(54.14)
|
16.16
(61.09)
|
20.39
(68.70)
|
20.76
(69.37)
|
15.45
(59.81)
|
8.68
(47.62)
|
3.53
(38.35)
|
−0.2
(31.6)
|
8.83
(47.89)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−5.30
(22.46)
|
−3.32
(26.02)
|
−1.19
(29.86)
|
2.27
(36.09)
|
5.86
(42.55)
|
9.42
(48.96)
|
12.40
(54.32)
|
12.10
(53.78)
|
7.67
(45.81)
|
4.39
(39.90)
|
−0.86
(30.45)
|
−4.04
(24.73)
|
3.28
(37.91)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
144.84
(5.70)
|
144.48
(5.69)
|
115.25
(4.54)
|
105.99
(4.17)
|
111.82
(4.40)
|
66.35
(2.61)
|
51.45
(2.03)
|
58.93
(2.32)
|
54.78
(2.16)
|
103.68
(4.08)
|
155.22
(6.11)
|
172.09
(6.78)
|
1,284.88
(50.59)
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
119.09
|
125.85
|
154.85
|
162.02
|
205.07
|
275.09
|
295.31
|
270.15
|
200.00
|
167.03
|
113.25
|
85.92
|
2,173.63
|
| Source: Hellenic National Meteorological Service[6]
|
History
Aetomilitsa is today inhabited mainly by Aromanians[citation needed] (Vlachs) who are Greek Orthodox Christians. For a time during the Greek Civil War (1946-1949), Aetomilitsa was the seat of the communist rebels, the so-called "Provisional Democratic Government".[7]
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