Administrative Region : Thessaly
Regional unit : Karditsa
Leontito (Λεοντίτον) Karditsa
Leontito is a settlement in Thessaly in the Regional Unit of Karditsa.[2][3]
Geographical - Historical information
Leontito is located towards the border with the Regional Unit of Arta, on the slopes of Mount Tsournato in the Thessalian Agrafa at an altitude of 960 meters[3][4]. It is approximately 76 km. W.-SW. from Karditsa and 25 km. SE. from Anthiro (the seat of the municipality). Its attractions are the village square with the almost century-old plane tree shading about one hectare[5], the old stone school building which houses the library and periodically hosts exhibitions and various cultural activities as well as the Paliantonis watermill with water grinding on the village river.[6]
Leontito is considered a settlement of the late Byzantine era, i.e. it existed before the Ottoman invasion of Western Thessaly (1395/1396). It is mentioned in the Ottoman census of 1454/1455 as Londid, belonging together with Vokopilisi (Fountoto?) to the same timarihoux and being part of Agrafa. Another reference to the village is made, in 1530, in the unpublished intention 37 of the Monastery of Dousikos, as well as that the inhabitants cultivated cereals, fruit trees (walnuts, apple trees) and raised sheep. Its name comes from its first settler, who was called Leontitos.[3]
Administrative - Demographic data
It is officially mentioned, after the integration of Thessaly, in 1883 in the Government Gazette 126A - 02/04/1883 that it was annexed to the municipality of Argithea and in 1912 in the Government Gazette 261A - 31/08/1912 that it was designated as the seat of the homonymous newly founded community.[7] According to the "Kallikratis" Program, it constitutes the community of Leontito which falls under the municipal unit of East Argithea of the Municipality of Argithea, while according to the 2011 census, 98 residents were registered.[8]
The population censuses after World War II are:
Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 204[9] 193[10] 187[11] 93[12] 126[13] 204[14] 98
References
GEOnet Names Server. 11 June 2018. -822156.
Encyclopedia New Structure. 20. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 45.
"Leontito". Municipality of Argitheas, Karditsa. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
"Destination LEONTITO (Village) KARDITSA - Greek Travel Pages". www.gtp.gr. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
“The village of Leontito in Eastern Argithea was cut off from the rest of the world – dasarxeio.com”. dasarxeio.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
“A few words about Leontito and the history of the place”. KARDITSA NEWS. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
“EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements”. www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
“Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population”, p. 10607 (p. 133 of the pdf)
Population of Greece according to the census of March 7, 1951, p. 96 of the pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
Population of Greece at the census of 19 March 1961, p. 97.
Population of Greece at the census of 14 March 1971, p. 95 of pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
Actual population of Greece at the census of 5 April 1981, p. 107 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece at the census of 17 March 1991, p. 124 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 128 of pdf.
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