Lampeia (

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: Λάμπεια, before 1928: Δίβρη - ''Divri'', between 1928 and 1929: Πρινόφυτον - ''Prinofyton'') is a mountain village, a community and a former

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archaia Olympia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 72.447 km². In 2011 the population of the village was 468, and of the community, which includes the village Amygdali, 529. Lampeia is situated south of

Mount Erymanthos Mount Erymanthos ( el, Ερύμανθος, Latin: ''Erymanthus'') overall is an irregular massif of peaks connected by ridges embedded in the mountains located in the north of the Peloponnese, Greece. Erymanthos is on the west side. Its highest ...

, in the valley of a tributary of the river Erymanthos. Its elevation is about 800 m above sea level. The

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( Patras -

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) passes through it. Lampeia is 4 km west of Oreini, 9 km northeast of

Koumanis Koumanis ( el, Κούμανης, also Κούμανι - ''Koumani'') is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Foloi, Elis, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 498 for the village and 506 for the community, which includes the sma ...

, 28 km northeast of Olympia and 45 km south of Patras.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Lampeia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Astras (Astras, Kalyvia Astra) *Lampeia (Lampeia, Amygdali) * Oreini (Oreini, Paliofytia)

Population

History

The name ''Lampeia'' was taken from the mountain ''Lampeia'', which is part of the Erymanthos range. According to

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the river Erymanthos has its source on the mountain ''Lampeia'', which is sacred to Pan. The area was part of

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. Due to its inaccessibility, Lampeia saw few invaders. Also the Ottomans stayed in the lower areas for strategic reasons. The Zoodochos Pigi monastery in Lampeia was a centre of Greek culture and education. Several inhabitants fought in the Greek War of Independence, and some well known families of politicians (Petralias, Panagoulis, Stefanopoulos, Zafeiropoulos) came from Divri/Lampeia. Lampeia was created as one of the eight municipalities of the Elis prefecture in the 1830s, and was disbanded in 1913. This municipality was larger than the present municipal unit, and included several villages now in adjacent municipal units (among others

Antroni Antroni ( el, Αντρώνι) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Lasiona, Elis, Greece. The community consists of the villages Antroni, Panopoulo, Zachareika and Chania Spartoulia. Antroni is situated near the Foloi oak ...

and

Klindia Klindia ( el, Κλινδιά) is a small remote village hidden in the mountains, in the municipal unit of Oleni, Elis, Greece. It lies 2 km northeast of Pefki, 4 km west of Foloi Foloi ( el, Φολόη, Latin: ''Pholoe'') is a village and a forme ...

). The municipality was recreated under the Capodistrian Plan in the late-1990s, and became a subdivision of the municipality of Archaia Olympia in 2011.

Notable people

* Pavlos Matesis,Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001 writer

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