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Vresthena
Vresthena () is a small village in the Parnon mountains, Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Sparta. See also *List of settlements in Laconia This is a list of settlements in Laconia, Greece. * Afisi * Agia Eirini * Agioi Anargyroi * Agioi Apostoloi * Agios Dimitrios, Evrotas * Agios Dimitrios, Monemvasia * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis, Evrotas * Agios Ioannis, Monemvasia * ... References Populated places in Laconia Sparta, Laconia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oinountas
Oinountas () is a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sparta, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 301.812 km2. The name originates from the Oinountas, a small river that traverses the municipality. Subdivisions The municipal unit Oinountas is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Koniditsa (Koniditsa, Kopelia, Kouremenos) * Sellasia * Theologos (Agios Ioannis, Theologos, Kalyvia Theologou) * Vamvakou (Vamvakou, Megali Vrysi) * Varvitsa * Vasaras (Vasaras, Veria) * Voutianoi * Vresthena Geography The municipal unit Oinountas covers the area between the northeastern part of the Evrotas Valley up to the ridge of Parnon Mountain. The river Oinountas flows through the southeastern part of the municipal unit. History The municipality Oinountas was first established in 1835, the seat of administration being Vamvakou. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Laconia
This is a list of settlements in Laconia, Greece. * Afisi * Agia Eirini * Agioi Anargyroi * Agioi Apostoloi * Agios Dimitrios, Evrotas * Agios Dimitrios, Monemvasia * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis, Evrotas * Agios Ioannis, Monemvasia * Agios Ioannis, Sparti * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Nikolaos, East Mani * Agios Nikolaos, Monemvasia * Agios Nikolaos, Voies * Agios Vasileios * Agoriani * Agrianoi * Aigies * Akrogiali * Alepochori * Alevrou * Alika * Amykles * Anavryti * Angelona * Ano Boularioi * Ano Kastania * Anogeia * Apidea * Archangelos, Laconia * Archontiko * Areopoli * Arna * Asopos * Asteri * Charakas * Charria (Harria) * Chosiari * Chrysafa * Dafni * Dafnio * Daimonia * Drosopigi * Dryalos * Drymos * Elafonisos * Elaia * Elika * Elliniko * Elos * Exo Nymfi * Faraklo * Foiniki * Georgitsi * Geraki * Germa * Gerolimenas * Gkoritsa * Glykovrysi * Goranoi * Gouves * Grammousa * Gytheio * Ierakas * Kallithea Kal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peloponnese (region)
The Peloponnese Region (, ) is a region in southern Greece. It borders Western Greece to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about . It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis which belong to Western Greece and a small portion of the Argolid peninsula that is part of Attica. Administration The Peloponnese Region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2011 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with the Western Greece and Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Tripoli and is divided into five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), * Arcadia, * Argolis, * Corinthia, * Laconia and * Messenia, which are further subdivided into 26 municipalities. The largest city of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia (, , ) is a historical and Administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti (municipality), Sparta. The word ''Laconic phrase, laconic''—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is derived from the name of this region, a reference to the ancient Spartans who were renowned for their verbal austerity and blunt, often pithy remarks. Geography Laconia is bordered by Messenia to the west and Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia to the north and is surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea to the east and by the Laconian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It encompasses Cape Malea and Cape Tainaron and a large part of the Mani Peninsula. The Mani Peninsula is in the west region of Laconia. The islands of Kythira and Antikythera lie to the south, but they administratively belong to the Attica (region), Attica regional unit of Islands (regional unit), islands. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparti (municipality)
Sparta (, ) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population (as of 2021) of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city. History Beginning in the 13th century, the political and cultural center of Laconia shifted to Mystras, some 4 km to the west. The settlement at ancient Sparta, named Lacedaemonia, continued to exist, although greatly depopulated, until modern times as a town of a few thousand people who lived among the ruins, in the shadow of Mystras. The Palaiologos family (the last Byzantine Greek imperial dynasty) also lived in Mystras. The Despotate of the Morea was captured by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1460. In 1834, after the Greek War of Independence, King Otto of Greece decreed the town should be expanded into a city. Modern-day Sparta, the capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, lies on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnon
Parnon or Parnonas () or Malevos (Μαλεβός) is a mountain range, or massif, on the east of the Laconian plain and the Evrotas Valley. It is visible from Athens above the top of the Argive mountains. The western part is in the Laconia prefecture and the northeastern part is in the Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia prefecture. The Parnon range separates Laconia from Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia. Its summit offers panoramic views of southeastern Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia and South Kynouria and much of Laconia that includes the northern and the central portions and reaches as far as the Taygetos mountains. It also views a part of the central Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia and the southern Argolis prefectures. It views the Myrtoan Gulf, Myrtoan and the Laconian Gulfs. Geography Physical The Parnon Massif is divided into three parts.Unless otherwise cited this section relies heavily on The northernmost, which is the highest, runs from just north of Ano Doliana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparta (modern)
Sparta (, ) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population (as of 2021) of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city. History Beginning in the 13th century, the political and cultural center of Laconia shifted to Mystras, some 4 km to the west. The settlement at ancient Sparta, named Lacedaemonia, continued to exist, although greatly depopulated, until modern times as a town of a few thousand people who lived among the ruins, in the shadow of Mystras. The Palaiologos family (the last Byzantine Greek imperial dynasty) also lived in Mystras. The Despotate of the Morea was captured by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1460. In 1834, after the Greek War of Independence, King Otto of Greece decreed the town should be expanded into a city. Modern-day Sparta, the capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, lies on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Laconia
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
