Leonid

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leonidi municipality
Δημοτική Ενότητα Λεωνιδίου
(Λεωνίδι)
Leonidi (Greece)
Bluedot.svg
Basic data
State : GreeceGreece Greece
Region : Peloponnese

f6

Regional District : Arcadia
Municipality : Notia Kynouria
Geographic coordinates : 37 ° 10 ′  N , 22 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′  N , 22 ° 51 ′  E
Height above d. M .: 40 m
(average)
Area : 418.652 km²
Residents : 5,869 (2011)
Population density : 14 inhabitants / km²
Code No .: 400501
Structure: f121 city district
11 local communities
Located in the municipality of Notia Kynouria and in the Arcadia regional unit
File: DE Leonidiou.svg
f9 f3
Bilingual information sign Tsakonisch - Greek

Leonidi ( Greek Λεωνίδι ( n. Sg. ), Katharevousa : Leonidion ) is a small town with just under 4000 inhabitants in Arcadia on the Peloponnese in Greece .

Until 2010 Leonidi was an independent municipality, since 1947 a town municipality (dimos), which had grown to about 6000 inhabitants through incorporation in 1997. On January 1, 2011, the municipality of Leonidi merged into the newly created municipality of Notia Kynouria , where it has since formed a municipality and is the administrative seat.

Leonidi lies on the edge of the estuary of the Daphnon River, around four kilometers from the coast of the Myrtoic Sea . The fishing and harbor town belonging to Leonidi is called Plaka.

The old Doric dialect Tsakonian has been preserved in remote mountain villages of the Parnon Mountains in the triangle Leonidi- Astros - Sparta .

About seven kilometers from the main town is the mountain monastery Moni Agiou Nikolaou Syndzas built in a rock face .

The German classical philologist and linguist Michael Deffner (1848–1934) is an honorary citizen of Leonidi.

Panorama of Leonidi
Moni Agiou Nikolaou Syndzas
Panagia Elonas Monastery

Individual evidence

  1. Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
  2. In the footsteps of a scholar, Donauwörther Zeitung July 13, 2009

Web links

Commons : Leonidio  - collection of images, videos and audio files