LA POPULATION DE NAUPLIE AU XIXE SIECLE. DE LA VILLE CAPITALE A LA VILLE DE PROVINCE
Études balkaniques (Sofia) 2024, N 1
Sébastien MARRE
University Bordeaux-Montaigne, France
Abstract: Located at 147 kms from Athens, in the heart of the Argolid plaine, Nauplie, Nafplion in Greek, is also known as Anapli, a seaside town from the north East of Peloponnese, built on a rocky peninsula and washed by the Argolid Gulf. The town of Nauplie represents a remarkable case of study for an historian as we are dealing with the former capital of the independent Greek state from 1830 to 1834, until it became a provincial town once the state capital was transferred to Athens. This rank in the administrative hierarchy of the Kingdom had a great deal of influence on its demographic evolution and also on the structure of its population. Besides, Nauplie has at its disposal wide archive ressources, a rare asset in Greece. It should be noted that a variety of key ressources such as population census, civil or religious registries, the dimotologia also know as citizens’registries and even polling lists remain underexploited. The potential exploitation of these last ressources can enable to explore the demographic history of this town of Nauplie.
Keywords: Population, Settlements, Greece, Nafplion, 19th Century
LA FORMATION DE LA POPULATION DU PIREE AU XIXe SIECLE
Études balkaniques (Sofia) 2021, N 1
Sébastien MARRE
Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, France
The formation of Piraeus’ population in the 19th century
Abstract: This article will present you with the foundation of the modern Piraeus city between 1833 and 1838 in the light of unpublished archives from the fund of the Greek Ministry of the Interior in King Otto I’s time kept at the General State Archives in Athens. This document shows how immigration to Piraeus was largely channeled by the administration through the establishment of settlements (synoikismoi). It also highlights an original founding of a port city in the Eastern Mediterranean literally out of nowhere. It shows the creation of a community of inhabitants with the essential role of the natives from Chios first, then from Hydra, who form the two main groups, both separated but reunited in the new town, since each group has its own neighborhood, parish and church.
Keywords: Population, Settlements, Greece, Piraeus, 19th Century