Lagadia ( el, Λαγκάδια) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 79.475 km². The seat of the municipality was the village Lagadia. It is considered a traditional settlement and is situated on a mountain slope, at about 1000 m elevation. It is 5 km east of Lefkochori, 10 km north of

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and 36 km northwest of

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. The

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( Pyrgos - Olympia - Tripoli) passes through the village. The village has a school, a church, a post office, and a square.

Kanellos Deligiannis Kanellos Deligiannis ( el, Κανέλλος Δεληγιάννης; 1780–1862) was a Greek magnate from the Morea and the son of Ioannis Deligiannis. He was one of the main organizers of the Greek War of Independence and a politician in the i ...

and his brother

Dimitrakis Deligiannis Dimitrakis Deligiannis ( el, Δημητράκης Δεληγιάννης; 1783 – 1848) was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence of 1821 from Arcadia, Greece. Biography Dimitrakis Deligiannis was born in 1783 in Lagadia in Arcadia ...

, two of the many heroes of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks in 1821, were born here.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Langadia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Lagadia (Lagadia, Agios Athanasios, Agios Nikolaos, Kaloneri, Pteria, Xerovouni) * Lefkochori (Lefkochori, Fouskari, Touthoa)

Population history

*1949: 3,333 *1981: 1,188 (village) *1991: 671 (village), 1,993 (municipality) *2001: 704 (village), 1,363 (municipality) *2011: 355 (village), 504 (community), 636 (municipal unit)

Geography

Climate

Lagadia is located in central Peloponnese and has a

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

with hot and dry summers and milder winters.

Photo gallery

File:Lagadia1.jpg, View of Lagadia village in Arcadia from roadway. File:Lagadia2.jpg, Lagadia village road sign. File:Lagadia3.jpg, View of Lagadia. File:Lagadia6.jpg, Looking down from roadway at Lagadia village buildings. File:Lagadia8.jpg, Scene of buildings in Langadia village. File:Lagadia12.jpg, Another view of Lagadia village from afar. File:Lagadia13.jpg, Chickens in Lagadia village. File:Lagadia14.jpg, School building in Lagadia village. File:Εκκλησία των Παμμεγίστων Ταξιαρχών Λαγκαδίων-3.jpg, The clock tower of the Taxiarches Church.

References

External links

Association of Langadia Youth - "Drasis"Association of Langadians in AtricaGTP - LagadiaGTP - Lagadia municipality
{{Gortynia div Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese