| Veligosti Βελιγοστή |
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Veligosti
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit: | Arcadia |
| Municipality: | Megalopoli |
| Municipal unit: | Falaisia |
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| - Population: | 131 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
Veligosti (Greek: Βελιγοστή) is a Greek settlement located around 12 km (old: 14 km) south of Megalopoli, 3 km SSE from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli), about 48 km northeast of Kalamata, about 4 km west of Leontari and about 40 km (old: 47 km) west-southwest of Tripoli. Veligosti is also in the municipality of Falaisia. Veligosti is connected by a road to Tripotamo and Vasta-Sparta Road.
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Veligosti is situated in a valley area where it is a basin of the Alfeios River. The geography consists of farmlands that covering the village area, the remainder of the land are forested that covers much of the area, the hills cover the western and the eastern portions of the municipality. The mountains which include the Lykaio and Tsiberou can be seen to the northwest, the north and the east along with parts of Megalopoli, the mine and its power plant.
| Year | Population |
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| 1981 | 175 |
| 1991 | 98 |
| 2001 | 131 |
Veligosti was first founded during the Byzantine era and the ruins of the Byzantine settlement and a water tower are still visible today.
During the Frankish period, according to the Chronicle of the Morea, Geoffrey I Villehardouin made it a barony (one of the twelve in the Peloponnese). The barony was destroyed in about 1300, and during the Ottoman period it lost its importance.
The highest recorded population were in the early to mid-20th century, the population has been falling since the mid-20th century, particularly after the two conflicts, the World War II and the Greek Civil War as people went for a better lifestyle and jobs elsewhere in Greece and the other parts of the world (mainly North America), its decline has rarely slowed in the late-20th century. The census between 1991 and 2001 grew slightly. Its median age is around in the 40s range.
The census was one of the few places in Arcadia where the population did not change between 1991 and 2001.
The forest fire that ravaged the southwesternmost portion of Arcadia on Sunday, August 26, 2007 that included Derveni, Chirades and Tourkoleka entered the village and burnt much of the forests to the west and some farmlands that are not groves in the area, the fire entered during the morning hours and exited during the evening hours with some slowdown by firefighters along with their vehicles, choppers and planes. The village mainly suffered minor damages to its houses.
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