Lakkomata
{{Short description|Community in Erymanthos, Achaea, Greece.}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
| name = Λακκώματα
| name_local = Lakkomata
| type = community
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| coordinates = {{coord|38|1|51|N|21|51|55|E|region:GR_type:city|display=it}}
| georegion = Peloponnese
| periph = Western Greece
| periphunit = Achaea
| municipality = Erymanthos
| municunit = Farres
| area = 20.8
| elevation = 610
| population_as_of = 2021
| population = 61
| postal_code = 250 08
| area_code = 26940
| licence = AX, AZ
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Lakkomata ({{langx|el|Λακκώματα}}) is a mountain village and community in the municipality of Erymanthos in Achaea, Greece. According to the 2021 census, it had 61 inhabitants. In 2011 the village had 113 inhabitants and the community, which also includes the settlement Tsapournia, 133 inhabitants.{{cite web | url = http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls | title = Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός | publisher = Hellenic Statistical Authority | language = Greek }}
Geography
Lakkomata is located in the upper valley of the river Peiros, at the northeast foot of the mountain Erymanthos, at an elevation of 610 m above sea level. It is 11 km southeast of Chalandritsa, 25 km southeast of Patras and 21 km west of Kalavryta.
History
The village was mentioned in a 1700 Venetian text by Grimani under the name "Licomati di Nexero" (Λυκομάτι Νεζερού) and had 129 inhabitants.Kostas N. Triantafyllou, Historic Dictionary of Patras, Vol. I, Chr. Koulis Press, Patras, 1995, 3rd ed.Theodoros H Louloudis, Achaia, Settlements, Settlers, Prefectural Enterprise of the Cultural Development of Achaea, 2010, p. 276-277 After the Greek War of Independence, it became part of the municipality of Nezera in 1835. That municipality was dissolved in 1841 and Lakkomata became part of the municipality of Fares. It became an independent community in 1912. In 1997 under the Kapodistrias reform, it became part of the municipality of Farres, which became part of the municipality of Erymanthos in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=11107|title=ΕΕΤΑΑ local government changes|language=el|accessdate=2018-07-30}}
=Historical population=
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| Census | Population |
|---|---|
| 1835 | 372 |
| 1851 | 379 |
| 1861 | 405 |
| 1879 | 470 |
| 1889 | 341 |
| 1896 | 395 |
| 1907 | 411 |
| 1920 | 389 |
| 1928 | 278 |
| 1940 | 259 |
| 1951 | 258 |
| 1961 | 286 |
| 1971 | 255 |
| 1981 | 178 |
| 1991 | 147 |
| 2001{{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 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }} | 117 |
| 2011 | 133 |
| 2021 | 61 |
References
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Further reading
- Gkourvelos, Spyridon N. En tais ton Nezeron komais, Istoria ton Nezeron (History of Nezera), Petros Koulis Written Arts, Patras, 2007 {{in lang|el}}, {{ISBN|978-960-930162-6}}.
- Christos K. Koryllou Chorografia tis Elladas (Χωρογραφία της Ελλάδος), I., Achaia Department, Anesti Konstantinidou Publishers, En Athinais, 1903 {{in lang|el}}
- Vasilis K. Lazaris, Stefanos N. Thomopoulos, History of the City of Patras from Ancient Times to 1821 (Ιστορία της Πόλεως Πατρών από αρχαιοτάτων χρόνων μέχρι του 1821), 4th ed. in Modern Greek, Vol. I, Achaikes Ekdoseis, Patras, 1998. {{ISBN|960-7960-08-4}}.
External links
- [http://www.visit-erymanthos.gr/frontend/villages/view/20/ Lakkomata], Visit Erymanthos {{in lang|el}}
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