Melissa (Elia), Greece
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Mélissa (Greek: Μέλισσα) is a village and a community/commune in the municipality of Lechaina in Ilia, Greece. It was known as Zogka (Zonga) until the 1800s. The location is around 37.945/37°56'53' N and 21.372/21°22'20' E. The population is around 300. Its dialing code is 26230. Its elevation is 137 m. It is 7 km E of Lechaina, and 9 km W of Borsi. Ite commune includes the hamlet of Melissia which is just southeast on the other side of the valley.
- Postal code: 270 52
- Area code: 26230
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[edit] Nearest places:
- Agioi Theodoroi (west)
- Ano Kourtesi (northwest)
- Aetorrachi (east)
- Melissia (south)
- Olga (south)
[edit] Historical population:
| Year | Communal population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 595 | - |
| 1991 | 224 | -371/62.35% |
| 2001 | 328 | 105/46.88% |
The village has a school in the west, a church named Agios Tryphonas and also a square, and a communal centre. The village is on a hilly setting lying just north of the ravine, and a small one to its east. It is connected by only one east-west paved road while others are accessed by gravel. It is an agricultural village with the majority live in rural areas. It is surrounded by a few forests and groves to the north. Outside the village has a spring in the west.
In 1993, an evening fire burnt almost the entire community's worth of farmland, forest but didn't reached the entire village but cut off power supply for a day, but the streetlights weren't until about a week after.
The community used to include the entire eastern half of the municipality, Agios Charalampos and Borsi.
