Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Messinia
Stenyklaros (Στενύκλαρος) Messinia
Stenyklaros is a settlement in the Peloponnese, in the Regional Unit of Messinia.[1][2]
General information
Stenyklaros is located northeast of Meligalas (the seat of the municipality), at a distance of approximately 4 km. from its center and 34 km. NW. from Kalamata, while it has an altitude of 90 meters[3]. Its name is due to the ancient city of Stenyklaros which was located in the wider area and was the capital of the five cities of Messinia, when it was occupied by Cresphontes. However, because this angered the Dorians, because it equated them with the Messenians, he changed his mind and designated only Stenyklaros as a city, where he settled the Dorians (Strabo 8,4,7).[4]
Historical - administrative data
The English traveler William Leake mentions it as Alitouri (Morea I, 78, 482) as does the Frenchman François Poqueville ("Journey to Greece", VI, 45). In the Morea Campaign it is recorded under the name Alitouri as belonging to the Province of Leontario (Léondari) → Section de Lakki and having a population of 25 families (total 68 people) while later in the "Archive of Ioannis Kapodistrias" as Stenyklaros in the Province of Arcadia with 25 families (total 68 people).[5]
It is officially mentioned as a separate settlement, after the completion of the Revolution of 1821, with the old name Aleitourgoi, in 1835 being annexed to the then municipality of Stenyklaros. In 1912 it was designated as the seat of the newly founded community of the same name and in 1916 it was renamed Stenyklaros.[6] According to the Kallikrates plan and its amendment by Cleisthenes I, it is a community[7] that falls under the municipal unit of Meligala of the Municipality of Oichalia. According to the 2021 census, 33 residents were registered[8] while in the 2011 census it had 46[9].
External links
Towns and villages of Messinia: Stenyklaros on the website https://messinia.mobi/.
References
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. 32. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 102.
"Municipal units – Municipality of Oichalia". Retrieved on January 31, 2025.
«STENYKLAROS (Village) MELIGALAS - Greek Travel Pages». www.gtp.gr. Retrieved on February 9, 2025.
«Strabo, Geography, BOOK VIII., CHAPTER IV., section 7». www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved on February 9, 2025.
«Stenyklaros, The residential network of the Peloponnese during the years of the Revolution». Institute of Historical Research / National Research Foundation.
«Stenyklaros of Messinia». Administrative changes of local governments. Hellenic Society for Local Development and Self-Government. Retrieved on February 2, 2025.
«Law 4555/2018 - Program «CLOSE I»». e-nomothesia.gr | Legislation Information Bank. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
"Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population census 2021". p. 21927 (p. 345 of the pdf).
"Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population", p. 10791 (p. 317 of the pdf)
| Municipal unit Meligalas |
|---|
| Community Anthousa |
| Ανθούσα, η |
| Community Zevgolateio |
| Zevgloateio (Ζευγολατείον, το) |
| Community Kalliroi |
| Kallirroi (Καλλιρρόη, η) |
| Community Magoula |
| Magoula (Μαγούλα, η) |
| Community Meligalas |
| Meligalas (Μελιγαλάς, ο) |
| Community Mila |
| Κάστρον, το |
| Mila (Μίλα, το) |
| Community Neochori Ithomis |
| Κροντηρές, ο |
| Neochori (Νεοχώρι, το) |
| Community Polichni |
| Polichni (Πολίχνη, η) |
| Community Skala |
| Skala (Σκάλα, η) |
| Σταθμός, ο |
| Community Stenyklaros |
| Stenyklaros (Στενύκλαρος, ο) |
| Community Tsoukalaiika |
| Tsoukalaiika (Τσουκαλαίικα, τα) |
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