Levidi
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Levidi
|name_local = Λεβίδι
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Levidiou.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|periph = Peloponnese
|periphunit = Arcadia
|municipality = Tripoli
|pop_municunit = 2753
|pop_community = 920
|population_as_of = 2021
|area_municunit = 312.6
|elevation = 860
|coordinates = {{coord|37|41|N|22|17|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 220 02
|area_code = 27960
|licence = TP
|website =
|image_skyline = Δημαρχείο Λεβιδίου.jpg
|caption_skyline = Town hall of Levidi
|city_flag =
|city_seal =
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Levidi ({{langx|el|Λεβίδι}}) is a small town and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit.{{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}} The municipal unit has an area of 312.641 km2.{{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 }} The town is situated on the northeastern slope of the Mainalo mountains, at about 850 m elevation. Levidi is 9 km northwest of Kapsas, 10 km east of Vytina, 12 km southwest of Kandila and 20 km northwest of Tripoli. It is at the junction of the Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli–Pyrgos) and the Greek National Road 66 (Levidi - Nemea).
Levidi was the site of several battles during the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, and in ancient times was thought to have been the site of a sanctuary to Artemis Hymnia.
The great Greek-Australian rugby league footballer George Peponis has ancestral ties to this town.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Levidi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Chotoussa
- Daras
- Kandila (Kandila, Diakopi, Moni Kandilas)
- Kardaras
- Komi
- Levidi
- Limni
- Orchomenos (Orchomenos, Roussis)
- Palaiopyrgos
- Panagitsa
- Vlacherna
Historical population
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Year | Community | Municipal unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1,442 | - |
| 1991 | 1,142 | 4,334 |
| 2001 | 1,082 | 3,433 |
| 2011{{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 = el }} | 1,025 | 3,094 |
| 2021 | 920 | 2,753 |
Environment
File:Levidi-Ebene_Arcadia_Peloponnes.jpg at the foot of Mainalo, below the town]]
File:Sinas-Valley_misty-morning_Levidi_Peloponnese_Greece.jpg), looking towards the Artemisio Mountains on an early morning]]
From the town’s center The square overlooks Mainalo, Ascension Hill, Mount Artemisio and Helmos. and the huge plain (Οropedio) below. At the other end of the plain below there are abruptly rising mountain ranges. The plain is a closed geological basin of karstic origin. The Mainalo’s slopes are forested. But the landscape of the plain below is grassy and rural. Hills and mountains frame the plain on all sides, they are covered by rock debris (in geology) and shrubs.
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209003343/http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/lebidi.htm Arcadia - Levidi, page University of Patras] {{in lang|el}}
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