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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Vlasti
|name_local         = Βλάστη
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Vlastis.svg 
|image_skyline      = Askio (Siniatsiko) mountain - Ptolemaida, Kozani prefecture, Greece.png
|caption_skyline    = Vlasti with [[Askio]] in the background.
|coordinates        = {{coord|40|27|N|21|31|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation = 1180
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|periph = [[West Macedonia]]
|periphunit         = [[Kozani (regional unit)|Kozani]]
|municipality = [[Eordaia]]
|population_as_of   = 2021
|population      = 326
|area     = 72.089 
|postal_code        = 500 09
|area_code          = +30-2463
|licence            = KZ
|website            = 
}}
'''Vlasti''' ({{langx|el|Βλάστη}}, before 1927: Βλάτση - ''Vlatsi'',<ref name=eetaa/> {{langx|rup|Blatsa}}) is a village and a [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|community]] of the [[Eordaia|Eordaia municipality]].<ref name="Kallikratis">{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent community.<ref name=eetaa>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/dkmet_details.php?id=3116 |title=EETAA local government changes |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref> The 2021 census recorded 326 inhabitants in the village.<ref name="census21"/> The community of Vlasti covers an area of 72.089&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref>

==History==
The first settlement was established in the 15th century and received an influx of [[Aromanians|Vlach]] refugees from [[Grammos]] and [[Moschopoli]] in the 18th century. The public buildings and the houses which still today adorn Vlasti reflect the flourishing of this village in the 19th century.

According to the statistics of [[Vasil Kanchov]] ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 1.300 [[Aromanians|Vlachs]] and 1.200 [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Christianism|Christians]] lived in the village in 1900.<ref>[[Vasil Kanchov|Kanchov, Vasil]], {{ URL | 1=http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_45.htm | 2=Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics }}, [[Sofia]], 1900, book 2, p. 44. Written as "Блаца Гръцко". (in Bulgarian)</ref>

==Geography==
Located at the heart of western [[West Macedonia|Macedonia]], it is girdled by the massifs of Mt [[Mouriki]] which serves as a home not only to the brown bear (Ursus arctos), but also to a large number of rare birds, including the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), the [[Egyptian vulture]] (Neophron percnopterus) and the long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus).

==Tourism==
The village bustles with life in summer as it is then that the Earth Festival is organized. It comprises a series of ecological and at the same time joyful events whose objective is to inform and sensitize people showing them the need to respect natural environment. Moreover, visitors have the chance to come into contact with the locals, experience their hospitality and participate with them in these jolly festivities. Vlasti serves a starting point for fascinating, enjoyable routes either to Mt Mouriki and its shelter or to neighbouring regions. There is good infrastructure to support the touristic development of the place with hotels, restaurants and bars.

==Notable natives==
* [[Konstantinos Dosios]], lawyer and politician
* [[Nikolaus Dumba|Nikolaus Doumbas]], ein österreichischer Industrieller und liberaler Politiker griechisch-aromunischer Abstammung aus Vlasti

==See also<ref>''Dumba Nikolaus.'' In: [[Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950|Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon]] 1815–1950 (ÖBL), Band 1, herausgegeben von der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1957, Seite 203.</ref>==
[[List of settlements in the Kozani regional unit]]

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in Kozani (regional unit)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Western Macedonia]]
[[Category:Eordaia]]
[[Category:Aromanian settlements in Greece]]


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