Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Achaia
Kapeli (Κάπελη) Achaia
Kapeli[2][3] is a small lowland settlement in the Prefecture of Achaia, part of the Local Community of Agiovlasitika, and according to the "Kallikratis Program" since 1/1/2011 belongs to the Municipality of Western Achaia[4][5].
Location
The settlement of Kapeli is located in a lowland area of western Achaia[6]. Close to the settlement are: to the north, Kato Achaia, the Achaiki football stadium and the Kato Achaia Indoor Gymnasium, to the northeast, Pisosykia and Stenaitika, to the eastern part of the settlement of Agiovlasitika (Spartoula village), to the southwest, Agiovlasitika, Lefkos and the main village of Ano Achaia, to the south and southwest, Karya (Kasneseika or Karneseika) and the remaining settlements and settlements of the Petrochori PC, to the west, the Patras-Pyrgos National Road and the lowland area of western Achaia, while to the northwest are the settlements of Manetaiki and Niforaiki[6].
It is approximately 2 km. from Kato Achaia, the seat of the Municipality of Western Achaia, while it is located at an altitude of approximately 47-49 meters.
Name
The name of the settlement is toponymic and comes from the homonymous name of the plain of Kato Achaia[7]. Oral testimonies suggest that the current name of the settlement comes from the name of a flower that grew in the area[8]. The older name "Agiovlasitika", which was borne by the settlement of Kapeli, is toponymic and indicates the origin of the first inhabitants of the settlement from the area of Vlasia Kalavryta[9][10]. The name "Agiovlasitika" initially referred to all the settlements of the Community of Agiovlasitika and not to any specific settlement[8][9].
Administrative development
The settlement of Kapeli was recognized on 17/06/1897 (Government Gazette 59B) under the name Agiovlasitika, when it was subordinated to the then Municipality of Dymi[4]. With the Government Gazette 256A of 28/08/1912, and the establishment of the institution of Communities, it was annexed to the then Community of Upper Achaia[4][11]. With the Government Gazette 79A of 07/05/1927 it became the seat of the then newly established Community of Agiovlasitika[10][12][13]. With the Government Gazette 186A of 15/07/1981 it was renamed Kapeli[4][10][13][14][15]. During the period 1997-2010, based on the "Kapodistrias Plan", it belonged to the former Municipality of Dymi as the seat of the former Municipal District of Agiovlasitika[4][10][12][13][16].
Demographic evolution
The demographic evolution of the settlement in the 21st century is as follows:
Year Population
2001 76[10][17]
2011 36[18]
Personalities
Panagiotis Karampelas, former mayor of Dymi, writer, historian, educator
References and footnotes
(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
It is also called Kapela. Triantafyllou 1995, entry Kapela.
Also, the name appears incorrectly as stressed in the final, i.e. "Kapeli".
E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of Kapeli Achaia (district of Agiovlasitika). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Western Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
Kapeli (district of Agiovlasitika) on the map. topoguide.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
Triantafyllou 1995, entry Kapela.
Louloudis 2010, p. 89.
Triantafyllou 1995, entry Agiovlasitika.
Louloudis 2010, p. 88.
E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of the Community of Upper Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of the Community of Agiovlasitika of Achaia. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
KEDKE-EETAA, Dictionary, vol. A, p. 13.
Pandektis: Renamings of Settlements in Greece. Agiovlasitika - Kapeli. pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
On 15/07/1981 the neighboring settlement of Spartoula was renamed Agiovlasitika. See E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of Agiovlasitika of Achaia (Spartoula). eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
E.E.T.A.A. - Administrative changes of the Municipality of Dymi. eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 24/07/2018.
Resident population: 72 inhabitants. See. E.S.Y.E. - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2001
EL.STAT. - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2011
Sources
Results of the Population-Housing Census 2011 concerning the Resident Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (28 December 2012).
E.S.Y.E. - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2001, Athens 2004. ISBN 960-86704-8-9.
Central Union of Municipalities and Communities (KEDKE) - Hellenic Society for Local Development and Self-Government (EETAA), Dictionary of Administrative Changes of Municipalities and Communities (1912-2001), Volumes 1-2, Edited by: Yiannis Bacharas, EETAA Publications, Athens 2002. ISBN 960-7509-47-1. ISBN (SET) 960-7509-46-3.
Bibliography
Louloudis, Theodoros H. (2010). Achaia. Settlements, settlers, self-government. Patras: Prefectural Cultural Development Enterprise of South-Eastern Achaia.
Kostas N. Triantaphyllou, Historical Dictionary of Patras, Volume 1, Petros Chrys. Koulis Printing House, Patras 1995, Third Edition, entry Agiovlasitika, entry Kapela.
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