Lampeia
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| Lampeia Λαμπεία |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 803 m (2,635 ft) |
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| Country: | Greece |
| Periphery: | West Greece |
| Prefecture: | Elis |
| Population statistics (as of 2001[1]) | |
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| - Population: | 1,374 |
| - Area:[2] | 72.4 km² (28 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 19 /km² (49 /sq mi) |
| Codes | |
| Postal: | 270 63 |
| Area: | 26240 |
| Auto: | ΗΑ |
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Lampeia (Greek: Λαμπεία, Romanization before the 1990s, Lambia), also Lambeia and Lampia as well as Labeia, is a Greek town and a muinicipality on the southern part of the homonymous range. The village is locally known as Divri (Δίβρη) which is also its older name, it originates from the Slavic word for breeze (drosia in Greek), on almost every maps, Divri is written as a mountain range and Lampeia as a village with the exception of online versions that are not topographic. Its population is presently around 1,000. Lampeia is in a valley setting and GR-33 passes through narrowly. Distance from Patras is 82 km south, nearly 50 to 60 km north of Olympia and 84 km northwerst of Tripoli (almost halfway pointed in the east end). The town sprawls over the southwestern shoulder and does not cover. GR-33 runs within the valley with the length of about 5 km. The land outside Lampeia is mostly rocky.
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[edit] Settlement
- Amygdali
[edit] Nearest places (village)
- Amygdali
- Astra
- Tripotamia, east (distance: 10 to 15 km)
[edit] Municipal districts
- Astra
- Kalyvia Astra
- Lampeia/Lambia
- Oreini
- Paliofyta
[edit] Population
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change |
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| 1981 | 757 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 576 | -171 or -22.59% | 1,243 | - |
| 2001 | 764 | +198 or +34.38% | 1,374 | +131 or +10.54% |
Its population went to low as 575.
[edit] History
[edit] Ancient times to the Greek War of Independence
In ancient times, it was part of Arcadia, in its history, almost nothing is known and except for a few fragments and portions in its major literary works, its archeological remains does not survives. One sentence from a work made by Pausanias included: Εν Λαμπεία είχε τας πηγάς ο ποταμός Ερύμανθος, ήν δε το όρος τούτο ιερόν του Πανός και μοίρα του όρους Ερυμάνθου (En Lampeia eiche tas pegas o potamos Erymanthos, in de to oros touto ieron tou Panos kai moira tou orous Erymanthou = In Lampeia had a spring from the Erymanthos river, along with the mountain which was holy of Panus and the fate of the Erymanthos mountains), the area had several villages. It later switched hands including the Romans, the Byzantines, Franks, partly the Albanians, the Venetians and the Ottomans. During the Turkish rule, the Turks tried for their strategic reasons and trained in its fields of the prefecture. The area tried to bloomed much of its economy and tried sometimes battled for the liberation of Greece. It was finally liberated during the Greek War of Independence in 1821.
[edit] Early Greek period
Its inhabitants had a small emigration to the large cities of the Peloponnese (Patras, Pyrgos, Tripoli) and left the important economy, trading and a cultural centre for the surrounding villages and the area. Characteristically Divry ran its first school in Ilia after the liberation and independence from the Turks. It created several political figures and families including its descendants. Fani Palli-Petralia. Alexandros Panagoulis and several others. It first created its own municipality in the 1830s and was only one of eight in the prefecture. The municipality included most of its current places along with Koumani, Giarmena, Androni (now Antroni), Kleintia, Pefki and the mountainous village belonged to the Arcadian city of Psofida, it bounded the other municipalities including Olympia, Olenia and Amaliada. The municipality lasted until 1913 when it broken down into many communes, Koumani, Giarmena and Antroni are now in Lasiona, Kleintia, Pefki and Agia Anna are in Oleni and the mountainous village to the east are now in Psofida and the Achaia prefecture some of its village currently have different Greek originated names. The municipality was recreated under the Capodistrian Plan in the late-1990s. It is presently in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Ilia.
[edit] Post-War and Modern period
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Pavement was linked in the 1950s along with electricity, radios arrived in the 1960s as well as automobiles and television in the 1980s. Towns and village became connected with pavement which first began in the 1970s and completed in the early-2000s. Computer and Internet was introduced at the turn of the century. Today, around a thousand inhabitants work in agriculture and other businesses. During the peak summer months, relatives visit from its neighbouring large cities and outside the country.
In the media until recently, nothing much was filmed and setted in Lampeia except for its documentaries. In Traveling in Greece (Menoume Ellada), an episode on Lampeia was featured in June 6, 2006.
[edit] Other
The village has a school, a gymnasium, a church, and a few squares (plateia) including one by the municipal hall and to the north where it has a spring.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- mydivri.gr - Pages with many photographic sources
- Antroni - Labeia (in Greek)
- Video from the ERT program Traveling in Greece (Menoume Ellada) shown on ET1
- Photos
| North: Tritea | ||
| West: Lasiona |
Lampeia | East: Psofida in the Achaia prefecture |
| South: Foloi |
| Municipal districts of the municipality of Lampeia |
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| Astra (Kalyvia Astra) | Lampeia (Amygdali) | Oreini (Paliofyta |
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