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Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Arkadia
Dimitsana (Greek: Δημητσάνα) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.[1] It is built on the ruins of the ancient town Teuthis. Its population is 730.
Dimitsana is built on a mountain slope above the river Lousios, at about 950 m elevation. It is located 53 km east of Pyrgos, 31 km northwest of Tripoli, 23 km northwest of Megalopoli and 17 km northeast of Andritsaina. The village has a school, a historical library, several churches, a post office, an open air water-power museum,[2] an open amphitheater, hotels and a square.
Dimitsana
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Dimitsana is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Dimitsana (Dimitsana, Karkalou, Moni Aimyalon i Filosofou, Palaiochori)
Melissopetra
Panagia
Rados
Rizospilia (Rizospilia, Kato Rizospilia)
Zatouna (Zatouna, Vlongos, Markos)
Zigovisti
With 611 inhabitants (2001 census), Dimitsana is the largest village of the community Dimitsana. Karkalou, 6 km northeast of Dimitsana, had 75 inhabitants in 2001. Palaiochori, 1 km south of Dimitsana, had 39 inhabitants in 2001.
Population history
Year Village Community Municipal unit
1981 - 760 -
1991 - 739 1,529
2001 611 730 1,337
Angelos Theodoropoulos, Houses of Dimitsana
Notable people
Germanos, metropolitan bishop of Patras (1771–1826)
Gregory V (1746–1821), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Theophanes III (1570-1644), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
Tassos Gritsopoulos, historian
Archbishop Ieremias of Gortyna
References
^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
^ Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation description of the museum
External links
Municipality of Dimitsana (official site, pages in Greek and in English)
Dimitsana
Dimitsana in Gortynia (in Greek)
GTP - Dimitsana
GTP - Dimitsana municipality
Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation open air water-power museum
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Municipalities and communities of the Arcadia Prefecture Apollonas | Dimitsana | Falanthos | Falaisia | Gortyna | Iraia | Kleitor | Kontovazaina | Korythio | Lagkadia | Leonidio | Levidi | Mantineia | Megalopoli | North Kynouria | Skyritida | Tegea | Trikolonoi | Tripoli | Tropaia | Valtetsi | Vytina |
| Municipal unit Dimitsana |
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| Community Dimitsana |
| Dimitsana (Δημητσάνα, η) |
| Καρκαλού, η |
| Μονή Αιμυαλών ή Φιλοσόφου, η |
| Παλαιοχώρι, το |
| Community Zatouna |
| Βλόγγος, ο |
| Zatouna (Ζάτουνα, η) |
| Markos (Μάρκος, ο) |
| Community Zygovisti |
| Zygovisti (Ζιγοβίστι, το) |
| Community Melissopetra |
| Melissopetra (Μελισσοπέτρα, η) |
| Community Panagia |
| Παναγία, η |
| Community Rados |
| Rados (Ράδος, ο) |
| Community Rizospilia |
| Κάτω Ριζοσπηλιά, η |
| Rizospilia (Ριζοσπηλιά, η) |
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