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Periphery: Epirus
Iliochori (Greek, Modern: Ηλιοχώρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ον meaning town of the sun) is a village located in the municipality of Tymfi in the northcentral part of the Ioannina prefecture. Until 1926, it was known as Dobrinovo. Geography and information Location:
Postal code: 440 10 Elevation: 920 m Dialing code: +11+30-26530 (030-26530) According to the legend the town be constructed in locality Rasciana in the vicinity of the homonym river. But because of the lack of drink water the inhabitants abandoned that place and reconstructed the new town of Iliochori where it is found currently. But not all the inhabitants moved to Iliochori, some of them settled to Laista (a town at a distance of 14 km) that in this period was called Lisinitza. From 1463 until 1912, Iliochori was under the dominion of the Ottomans, that had granted to all the towns of Zagoria a governmental autonomy with the payment of taxes. The town has rich the maximum development between 1870 and 1900. In 1916 a large fraction of he population was decimated by the so-called Asian flu. The inhabitants of Iliochori lived of breeding of sheep, cows, of agriculture, cultivating grain, barley and vetch. The name of the Dobrinovo town derives from the good wine that was produced. But they were also traders, in spring left in caravan with mules and horses, carrying of the goods that they sold in the countries of the Balkans, where many had constructed true and own economic fortunes. They came back to Iliochori at the end of autumn to spend the winter with their families. In the winter months the shepherds dedicated to the handicraft, forming itineranti corporations of masons and wooden sculptures. Until 1914 in Iliochori there was the school of the chassis situated over the road of the currently city hall where the girls learned to weave. The building belonged to the Gianussi family that had donated it to the city council; beyond the webbing school there were in the same building. the elementary school, the primary and the secondary schools In these schools female teachers were used for the education of the girls and male teachers for the boys. After 1920 the houses inhabited were 160. In 1926 the town changed its name from Dobrinovo to Iliochori that in Greek means "Village of the Sun". During the second world war the Germans arrived to Iliochori in 1943 and burned many houses. The town has endured large damages during the civil war from 1946 to 1949 and many inhabitants emigrated. Other Iliochori has a small school, a church, a small post office, and a small square (plateia). Historical population
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