Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Arkadia
Chora (Χώρα) Arkadia
Chora is a semi-mountainous village in the municipal unit of Tropaea, in the municipality of Gortynia. It is located northwest of Tripoli, near the Ladonas River, at an altitude of 436 meters.[4] It is 110 km from Tripoli. It has a land area of 19 km2. It is located 5 km from the Tripoli-Olympia-Pyrgos road north of the Ladonas River, with a detour 2 km after Toumbitsi.[5]
General information
The main occupation of the inhabitants is agriculture and livestock farming. The landscape is green with pines, cypresses, native plants and olive tree crops. The church of the village is the Church of Saint Athanasius, which belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Gortynos and Megalopolis. Near the village is the well-known monastery of Timia Zoni. The village is the seat of the homonymous community. The community also includes the settlements of Dodecametro and Elaia.
Historical information
It is the oldest village of the former municipality of Thelpousis. It was the seat of the municipality from its foundation until 1855 and from 1870 until 1912 when the municipality of Thelpousis was abolished.[6] The village appears in the Venetian archives in 1698 under the name Tsakoneioi Chora and later in the early 18th century under the current name Chora. According to researchers, Tsakoneios was a military garrison during the Byzantine period. The village has 23 families in the 1698 census and 30 families in the 1815 census by Pouqueville. Chora contributed to the revolution of 1821, most famously the fighter Athanasios Bramos. A black page for the village is the execution of Greek patriots by the Nazi army during the German occupation in the village church.[7]
Population
Population Census
547 1951
552 1961
468 1971
428 1981
226 1991
123 2001
122 2011
83 2021
References
(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
buk.gr/el/poli-perioxi/hora-2.
www.xo.gr/taxydromikos-kodikas-tk/Chora-Arkadias/.
Chora, from the website: buk.gr
Papanikolaou, Theodorou (2007). Arcadia, fatherland. Patras.
"Arcadia Country". Administrative changes of local governments. Hellenic Society for Local Development and Self-Government. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
Galanis, Ioannis. The former Municipality of Thelpousi, Gortynia.
| Municipal unit Tropaia |
|---|
| Community Aetorrachi |
| Aetorrachi (Αετορράχη, η) |
| Community Vyziki |
| Vyziki (Βυζίκι, το) |
| Community Doxa |
| Doxa (Δόξα, η) |
| Community Kalliani |
| Kalliani (Καλλιάνι, το) |
| Community Kastraki |
| Καστράκι, το |
| Fanaraki (Φαναράκι, το) |
| Community Livadaki |
| Livadaki (Λιβαδάκι, το) |
| Community Neochori Gortynias |
| Μπερτσιά, η |
| Nea Dafni (Νέα Δάφνη, η) |
| Νεοχώρι, το |
| Τρανή Λάκκα, η |
| Community Perdikoneri |
| Γαλατάς, ο |
| Μπουλιάρης, ο |
| Perdikoneri (Περδικονέρι, το) |
| Συριαμάκος, ο |
| Community Raches |
| Ράχες, οι |
| Τουμπίτσι, το |
| Community Spatharis |
| Κάτω Σπάθαρης, ο |
| Σπάθαρης, ο |
| Community Stavrodromi |
| Stavrodromi (Σταυροδρόμι, το) |
| Community Tripotamia |
| Καπελλίτσα, η |
| Tripotamia (Τριποταμιά, η) |
| Χάνια, τα |
| Community Tropaia |
| Μελιδόνι, το |
| Τρόπαια, τα |
| Community Chora |
| Dodekametro (Δωδεκάμετρο, το) |
| Elaia (Ελαία, η) |
| Chora (Χώρα, η) |
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