Lefkasio

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Lefkasio
Λευκάσιο
Location
Lefkasio (Greece)
Lefkasio
Coordinates 37°53′N 22°7′E / 37.883, 22.117Coordinates: 37°53′N 22°7′E / 37.883, 22.117
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center): 548 m (1,798 ft)
Government
Country: Greece
Periphery: West Greece
Prefecture: Achaea
Population statistics (as of 2001[1])
City Proper
 - Population: 3,892
Codes
Postal: 250 07
Area: 26920
Auto: ΑΧ

Lefkasio (Greek: Λευκάσιο) is a municipality in the south-eastern part of the Achaea prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administartion is the village Kleitoria, also Klitoria (Greek: Κλειτωρία) (historically a part of Arcadia), near the site of the ancient village of Kleitor. Kleitoria is divided into Ano Kleitoria and Kato Kleitoria. Nestani since the 1980s is linked with the Kalavryta-Pagkrati Road linking with GR-33 and Kalamata as well as the Cave Lakes. The mountains with rocks, grasslands and some forests surround Kleitoria and is situated in a valley. Farmlands are mainly in valley areas.

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[edit] Municipal districts

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Ano Kleitoria
  • Arbouna
    • Kalamaki
  • Drymos or Drimos
    • Kato Drimos (formerly Palaiokatouna or Paleokatouna)
  • Filia
    • Agioi Theodoroi
    • Kalyvia
    • Zevgolatio
    • Chania
    • Kynigari or Kinigari
    • Kouveliza
    • Vila
  • Glastra
    • Agios Vlassios
  • Kastelli
  • Kastria
  • Kleitoras
  • Krinofyta, Achaea
  • Lefkasi
  • Lykouria
    • Kerassia
    • Spilia (Σπηλιά), abandoned
  • Pagkrati
    • Pagkrataiika Kalyvia
    • Sella
    • Steno
  • Planitero
  • Tourlada

[edit] Historical population

Year Population Change
1981 1,148 -
1991 912 -336 or -29.27%
2001 855 -57 or -6.25

[edit] Other

Kleitoria has a school, a lyceum, a church, a post office, banks and a small square (plateia).

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[edit] See also

[edit] External links

North: Kalavryta Northeast: Aigeira
West: Aroania
Lefkasio East: Korinthia prefecture
Southwest: Paio South: Kleitoras Southeast: Levidi
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