Kallirachi, Thasos

Kallirachi is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece. As of 2021 the village has a population of 971. The village is located at an average height of 145 m.a.s.l., on the western slope of Mount Metamorphosis.

History

In tradition, on a hill above the village is located the grave of Sabellius, a priest and theologian banished to the island of Thasos as a heretic. To the west of the village is the location of a village under the same name, where the original sixteenth-century village was located, before being abandoned and its residents seeking refuge inland, due to pirate raids. In the Ottoman tahrir defter of 1519, the settlement was recorded as a town with the name.

Economy

The main economic activity of the residents is based on tourism and olive grove plantations in the surrounding area of the village.