Molista

Molista Μόλιστα
Location
Molista
Coordinates	40°7.5′N 20°48.9′E
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Epirus
Regional unit:	Ioannina
Municipality:	Konitsa
Municipal unit:	Konitsa
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	67
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΙΝ

Molista (Greek: Μόλιστα) is a settlement in the Ioannina regional unit in Epirus, Greece. It is situated on the northwestern slope of Smolikas, between the villages Monastiri to the southwest and Gannadio to the northeast. It is part of the municipality of Konitsa. In 2001 its population was 67. The GR-20 (Ioannina - Konitsa - Kozani), the old road is approximately 5 km west. The village was known as Messaria (Μεσσαριά) and is rarely known today. The village is unhabited during the winter months. The population during the summer rises. It has a spring at the entrance of the village.

Population

Year	Village population
1981	107
1991	86
2001	67

History

The village is not known when it was found. It is believed it is around 3,000 years old as the vial may be found which brought the light of archaeological spade and made cinders. From the same sources thinks the first inhabitants were the Molossians. Other made word that the village was settled later, during the Byzantine times and the 17th century. For the origin of the name, it is widely accepted that it derived from Molossia or from Albanian or Slavic origins. Molista was ruled by the Ottoman Turks until the Balkan Wars and annexed in 1913 to Greece. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Once a village of around 200 to 300, its population loss begun when emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991, the population has been declining slowly but lost a couple more between 1991 and 2001. Molista became connected with asphalt in the 1960smid to late 20th century^{[citation needed]}. More pavement was available in recent years. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and Internet at the turn of the millennium. In the late-1990s, the ex-community (now a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Konitsa.

See also

• List of places in the Ioannina prefecture

External links

• Molista at the GTP Travel Pages
• Several information about the village (Greek)