Zarakes

Community in Greece

Zarakes Ζάρακες
Community
38°18′04″N 24°11′31″E / 38.30111°N 24.19194°E / 38.30111; 24.19194
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Greece
Regional unit	Euboea
Municipality	Kymi-Aliveri
Municipal unit	Dystos
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	632
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Zarakes (Greek: Ζάρακες, before 1953: Ζάρκα - Zarka^[2]) is a village and a community in the Dystos municipal unit of Euboea, Greece. Its population was 632 according to the latest census (2021).^[1] The village has historically been Arvanitika speaking.^[3]

The community of the same name (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Ζαράκων) comprises Zarakes proper and Paralia Zarakon (Zarakes Beach).

An ancient fortress near Zarakes has been identified with the Eretrian fort Zaretra (Ancient Greek: Ζάρητρα), mentioned by Plutarch.^[4]

Attractions in Zarakes include:

Old village of Zarakes, also known as Μαχαλάς (Mahalas)
Old mills
archaeological site of Zarakes near Zoodochos Pigi church
Old church of Saint Charalampus in old village

Notable people

Nikos Tranos, sculptor

References

^ ^a ^b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ Name changes of settlements in Greece
^ Pantelidis, Nikos; Liosis, Nikos (2019). "Dialectical Modern Greek Influences on Arvanitika". Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistics Theory. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 224.
^ ZARKA (“Zaretra”) Euboia, Greece, entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.