Zatouna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Zatouna (disambiguation).

Statistics
Zatouna Ζάτουνα
Prefecture:	Arcadia
Province:	Gortynia
Municipality:	Dimitsana
Municipal district:	Zatouna
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	37.5865 (37° 35' 5") N 21.0125 (21° 1' 14") E
Population: (2001) -Settlement -Percent of the municipal district Percent of the municipality	75<nt>203 36.95% 5.61%
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	Lousios (about 600 m) 997 m about 1,200 to 1,300 m (west)
Postal code:	GR-220 02
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-27940
Car designation (as of 2006):	`TP`

Zatouna (Greek: Ζάτουνα) is a Greek settlement in the west-southwest of the Arcadia prefecture and is in the municipality of Dimitsana in the Peloponnese. Zatouna is connected with the road linking Dimitsana as well as the Karytaina-Dimitsana Road. Zatouna had a 2001 population of 75 for the village and 203 for the municipal district. The settlement's name is of Slavic origin in which it means 'away from the river'. It was inhabited by the Slavs in the 18th century.

1 Location
2 Geography
3 Agriculture
4 Population
5 History
6 Notable Buildings
7 Famous Inhabitants
8 See also
9 External links
10 References

[edit] Location

Zatouna is located south of Lagkada, 4 km west of Dimitsana and approximately 46 km north-west of Tripoli, the prefecture's capital. It is also 2 1/2 hours from Athens. Zatouna has two nearby settlements, Markos and Vlongos.^[1]

[edit] Geography

Zatouna is built on a mountainous slope that overlooks the Loussios valley as well as the mountains around the area including the west. The area is forested to the central and the east, the Loussios gorge to the east and grasslands and barren land to the west. Farmlands are within the village area. Zatouna has several rural roads and approximately 5 km of hydro lines. The settlement's buildings are located on both sides of a 200 to 300m stretch of the local road between Zatouna and Dimitsana. Many of the houses were stone built until the 1960s, the same year in which electricity became available in the village. Motorised vehicles arrived in the 1970s, although the main road was not paved until the 1980s and television arrived in the 1980s. Many people still do not have access to computers or the Internet, and up-to-date technology is not common.

[edit] Agriculture

The village produces olives, citrus fruits and vegetables as well as several other crops.

[edit] Population

Year	Population	Change	Percent of the municipal district	Percent of the municipality
1981	160	-	-	-	-
1991	103	-57 or -35.63%	-	-	-
2001	75	-27 or -26.22%	208	36.59%	5.61% (village) 15.18% (municipal district)

[edit] History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece.

[edit] Notable Buildings

Zatouna has a church, and a square (plateia). The nearest school and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Dimitsana.

[edit] Famous Inhabitants

Zatouna is the birthplace of Staikos Staikopoulos, who laid siege to the castle of Palamidi in 1821 while it was under Turkish control. The Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis, was banished to the village in 1968, following a putsch.^[2] Famous Greek actor Mimis Fotopoulos (1913-1986) was born in Zatouna.