Lakkomata Λακκώματα is a mountain village and community in the municipality of Erymanthos in

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. According to the 2011 census, the village had 113 inhabitants, and the community, which also includes the village Tsapournia, 133 inhabitants.

Geography

Lakkomata is located in the upper valley of the river

Peiros The Peiros ( el, Πείρος, formerly also ''Kamenitza'' and ''Achelous'') is a river in the central and the northwestern parts of Achaea, Greece. It is long. Geography The Peiros is the second longest river in Achaea, after Selinountas. It ...

, at the northwestern foot of the mountain Erymanthos, at an elevation of 610 m above sea level. It is 11 km southeast of Chalandritsa, 25 km southeast of Patras and 22 km west of Kalavryta.

History

The village was mentioned in a 1700 Venetian text by Grimani under the name "Licomati di Nexero" (Λυκομάτι Νεζερού) and had 129 inhabitants.Kostas N. Triantafyllou, ''Historic Dictionary of Patras'', Vol. I, Chr. Koulis Press, Patras, 1995, 3rd ed.Theodoros H Louloudis, ''Achaia, Settlements, Settlers'', Prefectural Enterprise of the Cultural Development of Achaea, 2010, p. 276-277 After the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted ...

, it became part of the municipality of Nezera in 1835. That municipality was dissolved in 1841 and Lakkomata became part of the municipality of Fares. It became an independent community in 1912. In 1997 under the

Kapodistrias reform Kapodistrias reform ( el, Σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman Ioannis Kapod ...

, it became part of the municipality of

Farres Farres ( el, Φαρρές) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 241.848 ...

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