- http://arcadia.ecid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/labeia.htm (in Greek)
- http://users.otenet.gr/~ancoil/divria.htm (in Greek)
- http://users.otenet.gr/~ancoil/trick.htm (in Greek)
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Population: (2001) | 1.374 | ||
Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest: |
Ladon valley 803 m 1,797 m Divri/Mount Lampeia |
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Postal code: | 270 63 | ||
Area/distance code: | 11-30-26240-8 (030-26240-8) |
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Municipal code: | 1713 | ||
Car designation: | HA |
Lampeia (Greek: Λαμπεία, Romanization before the 1990s, Lambia), rarely Lampia, is a Greek town and a muinicipality on the southern part of the Divri (Δίβρη) range and is also known as that name. Its population was 661 in the year 2001. Lampeia is in a valley setting and GR-33 passes through narrowly. Distance from Patras is 82 km S, nearly 50 km N of Olympia and 70 km NW of Tripoli. 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.
In ancient times it was part of Arcadia. It is presently in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Ilia.
Nearest places (commune)
Division of the Lampeia municipality with a population 1.374
Historical population:
Year | Communal population | Municipal population |
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1981 | 757 | - |
1991 | 576 | 1243 |
2001 | 764 | 1374 |
The commune has a school, a gymnasium, a church, and a square (plateia).
Persons from the Region
Stephanos Stephanopoulos , Prime Minister of Greece
Links
See also
Municipalities of the Elis Prefecture Alifeira | Amaliada | Andravida | Andritsaina | Ancient Olympia | Figaleia | Foloi | Gastouni | Iardanos | Kastro-Kyllinis | Lampeia | Lasiona | Lechaina | Oleni | Pineia | Pyrgos | Skillounta | Tragano |Vartholomio | Volakas | Vouprasia | Zacharo |
Ancient Greece |
Medieval Greece / Byzantine Empire |
Modern Greece |
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