Leka (Greece)

Local community Leka Τοπική Κοινότητα Λέκας (Λέκα)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	North Aegean
Regional district	Samos
local community	Dytiki Samos
Parish	Karlovasia
status	Local community
Geographic coordinates	37 ° 46 ′  N , 26 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 46 ′  N , 26 ° 41 ′  E
Height above d. M.	197  m
surface	5.725 km²
Residents	419 (2011)
LAU-1 code no.	56010208
Local division	2
Post Code	83200
Telephone code	22730

The village of Leka ( Greek Λέκα ( f. Sg. )) Is about 190 m above sea level in the west of the Greek island of Samos, about 3 km southwest of the center of Karlovasis .

The existence of Leka is first mentioned in documents from the end of the 16th century. The place name is of Albanian origin. The agricultural town has 412 inhabitants. It is mainly the cultivation of wine and olives. In the nearby hamlet of Agios Pandeleimon ( Άγιος Παντελεήμων ), renamed in 1940 by Tsourlei ( Τσουρλαιοι ) after his church, in 2001 only 7 inhabitants lived.

With the implementation of the municipality reform according to the Kapodistrias program in 1997, Leka was incorporated into the municipality of Karlovasia. The 2010 administrative reform brought the former municipalities of the island together to form the municipality of Samos . Since the correction of the administrative reform in 2019 in two municipalities, Leka has belonged to the municipality of Dytiki Samos .

Population development of Leka

Surname	Greek name	1913	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Leka	Λέκα	1109 *	1017	1123 *	1169	1085	927	678	574	534	510	412
Agios Pandeleimon	Άγιος Παντελεήμων	117	84	104	89	56	54	31	32	26th	18th	7th
total			1101	1227	1258	1141	981	709	606	560	528	419

* including Plaka with 13 inhabitants (1913) and with 20 inhabitants (1928)

Web links

• Leka on www.samosin.gr (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 117 (PDF, 793 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
3. ↑ Population of Leka 1913–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek)