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

Peloponnese The Peloponnese ( ), Peloponnesus ( ; , ) or Morea (; ) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridg ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Gortynia Gortynia () is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana. The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km2. Municipality The municipality Gortynia was formed at the 20 ...

, 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 Lefkochori () is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis. It is situated in a flat rural area, on the left bank of the river Pineios, at about 10 m elevation. It is 1 km southeast of Kavasila, 2 km northwest of Koroivos, 3 ...

, 10 km north of

Dimitsana Dimitsana () is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...

and 36 km northwest of Tripoli. The Greek National Road 74 ( Pyrgos - Olympia - Tripoli) passes through the village. The village has a school, a church, a post office, and a square.

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

and his brother

Dimitrakis Deligiannis Dimitrakis Deligiannis (; c. 1783 – 1848) was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence of 1821 from Arcadia, Greece. Biography Dimitrakis Deligiannis was born in about 1783 in Lagadia in Arcadia in the Peloponnese, and was the son of t ...

, two of the many heroes of the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

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, 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

and has a

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

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 Atrica
{{Gortynia div Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese Gortynia