Levidi

Levidi (Greek: Λεβίδι) is a small town and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 312.641 km².[2] The town is situated on the northeastern slope of the Mainalo mountains, at about 850 m elevation. Levidi is 9 km northwest of Kapsas, 10 km east of Vytina, 12 km southwest of Kandila and 20 km northwest of Tripoli. It is at the junction of the Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli–Pyrgos) and the Greek National Road 66 (Levidi - Nemea). Levidi was the site of several battles during the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire. The great Greek-Australian rugby league footballer George Peponis has ancestral ties to this town.

Levidi Λεβίδι
Levidi Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°41′N 22°17′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Municipality	Tripoli
• Municipal unit	312.6 km^2 (120.7 sq mi)
Elevation	860 m (2,820 ft)
Population
• Municipal unit	3,094
• Municipal unit density	9.9/km^2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	220 02
Area code(s)	27960
Vehicle registration	TP

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Levidi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Chotoussa
• Daras
• Kandila (Kandila, Diakopi, Moni Kandilas)
• Kardaras
• Komi
• Levidi
• Limni
• Orchomenos (Orchomenos, Roussis)
• Palaiopyrgos
• Panagitsa
• Vlacherna

Historical population

Year	Community	Municipal unit
1981	1,442	-
1991	1,142	4,334
2003	1,219	4,131
2011	1,025	3,094

Environment

The plateau at the foot of Mainalo, below the town

The plateau at the foot of Mainalo, below the town, next to “Σινα Καταβόθρα“ (Sina Ponor), looking towards the Αρτεμισiο Mountains on an early morning

From the town’s center The square overlooks Mainalo, Ascension Hill, Mount Artemisio and Helmos. and the huge plain (Οropedio) below. At the other end of the plain below there are abruptly rising mountain ranges. The plain is a closed geological basin of karstic origin. The Mainalo’s slopes are forested. But the landscape of the plain below is grassy and rural. Hills and mountains frame the plain on all sides, they are covered by rock debris (in geology) and shrubs.

See also

• List of settlements in Arcadia
• Ponor
• Karst spring
• Plateau

References

1. Kallikratis law, Greece Ministry of Interior, see External links
2. Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation), see External links

External links

• Arcadia - Levidi, page University of Patraa (in Greek)
• Hellenic Statistical Authority aaaaaaaa.xls (in Greek)
• National Statistical Service of Greece, Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) (in Greek)
• Kallikratis law, Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)