Artemisia ( el, Αρτεμισία, before 1927: Τσερνίτσα - ''Tsernitsa''
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Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regi ...
, Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a ...
, Greece
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. , it had a population of 136 for the village and 142 for the municipal district, which includes the small village Agios Ioannis Theologos. It is situated at 860 m above sea level. Many of its residents live there only during the summer months.
It is located in the west part of the Taygetos
The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus ( el, Ταΰγετος, Taygetos) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet ...
mountains on the GR-82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) between Kalamata
Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regi ...
and Sparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
. It is 1.5 km southwest of Alagonia Alagonia ( grc, Ἀλαγονία) was a town of ancient Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis
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and 13 km northeast of Kalamata.
Population
History
Until 1927, the village was named ''Tsernitsa''.[ From 1835 until 1912, it was part of the municipality of ]Alagonia Alagonia ( grc, Ἀλαγονία) was a town of ancient Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis
In ancient Greek mythology and re ...
. In 1912 it became an independent community, which joined the municipality of Kalamata in 1997.
See also
*List of settlements in Messenia
This is a list of settlements in Messenia, Greece.
* Achladochori
* Adriani
* Aetos
* Agaliani
* Agios Floros
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Nikon
* Agios Sostis
* Agrilia
* Agrilia
* Agrilos
* Agrilovouno
* Aithaia
* Akritochori
* Alagonia ...
External links
Artemisia at the GTP Travel Pages
References
{{Kalamata
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Populated places in Messenia