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For another Leontari in Karditsa, see Leontari (Karditsa), Greece
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| Prefecture: | Arcadia
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| Province: | Province of Megalopoli
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Location:
Latitude:
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37.318/37°19'10' N lat.22.14/22°8'27' E long.
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Area:
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Population: (2001)
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Elevation:
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around 500
514 m(centre)
around 1,200 to 1,400 m
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| Communes: | 20
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| Postal code: | 220 21
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| Area/distance code: | 11-30-27910 (030-27910)-6
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| Municipal code: | 0522
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| Car designation: | TP
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| 3-letter abbreviation: | FLS
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Leontari (Greek, Modern: Λεοντάρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older form Leotnario, Leontarion, rarely Liontari is a town and is the seat of the municipality of Falaisia. of in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. It is south of GR-7/E55, both the old and the new highways.
. It is located about 6 km S of Megalopoli, about 175 km (old 230 km) from Athens, about 30 km (old 39 km) SW of Tripoli, W of Anavryto, NW of Sparta, NE of Kalamata and ENE of Kyparissia. It is located south of the Alpheus river.
Nearest places
Subdivisions
- Gavria
- Kalyvia
- Kamaritsa
- Kotsiridi
Communes
- Akovos
- Anavryto
- Ano Anavryto
- Kato Anavryto
- Anemodouri
- Dyrrachi
- Ellinitsa
- Falaisia
- Giannaioi (pop: 79)
- Ano Giannaioi (pop: 23)
- Kato Giannaioi (pop: 56)
- Graikos
- Kamara (Arcadia), Greece
- Leontari
- Leptini
- Neochori Falaisias
- Petrina
- Moni Ampelaki
- Spaneika (pop: 36)
- Potamia
- Routsi
- Skortsinou
- Soulari
- Tourkoleka
- Veligotsi
- Voutsara
Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change
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| 1981 | 392 | - | - | -
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| 1991 | 306 | -86/-21.94% | 3,296 | -
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| 2001 | 289 | -17/-5.55% | 3,229 | -67/-2.03%
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The village has a small school, a church, a small post office, a train station in the northeast (Kalamata - Tripoli - Argos - Corinth) and a square (plateia). A castle is founded not far from the centre. It also has a church. In the Byzantine times, it was the cultural and the administrative centre of the region.
Much of the area are forested while the south as partially rural.
The northern boundary with Megalopoli is with the Alpheus river.
External links
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| North: Megalopoli |
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West: Oichalia?
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Falaisia |
East: [[]]? |
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| South: Pellana? |
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