Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Messinia
Valta (Βάλτα) Messinia
alta is a village in the prefecture of Messinia, built at an altitude of 260 meters[3] between the towns of Filiatra and Gargaliana. It is the seat of the local community of Valta in the municipality of Trifylia and according to the 2011 census it has a population of 277 inhabitants[4].
History
The village was originally built east of its current location, in a location that was abandoned for security reasons[5]. The village is mentioned in various censuses of the Venetian Pronoites of the Serene Republic of Venice, which were carried out during the thirty-year period (1683/84-1715), during which the Venetians occupied the Peloponnese. Valta belonged, in 1689, to the province of Arcadia (Kyparissia), which was one of the 4 provinces into which the Methoni district was divided (Phanariou province, Arcadia province, Navarinou province and Methoni province).[6] The settlement is mentioned in 1853 in the second volume of "Hellenic" by Iakovos Rizos Ragavis as part of the municipality of Erani in the province of Triphylia with a population of 66 inhabitants[7] while later, until 1997, it constituted a homonymous community of the same province. In 1997, as part of the changes that occurred in local government through the "Kapodistrias" plan, it was placed under the municipality of Gargalianoi[3], while since 2011, after the new changes of the "Kallikratis" plan, it belongs to the municipality of Trifylia[4].
Residents
The residents of Valta are mainly engaged in agriculture (olive oil production, raisin production and vineyards).
Population Evolution of Valta Messinia Census Population Population Evolution Chart
1689 26[6]
1844 112[8]
1851 66[7]
1879 298[6][9]
1889 358[10]
1896 441[11]
1907 322[12]
1920 337[13]
1928 390[14]
1940 442[15]
1951 459[16]
1961 384[17]
1971 366[18]
1981 338[19]
1991 284[20]
2001 356[21]
2011 277[22]
Buildings and sights of the village
The old school building houses a museum displaying rocks and fossils from Greece and Africa, as well as paintings. Near the village are the waterfall of the "Red Fathers" gorge and the forest of Vangelistra, which took its name from the monastery of the same name. In the forest of the same name there is also a Frankish fountain dating back to the early 13th century[5].
The Rector of the University of Athens (EKPA) Georgios Paraskevopoulos and the painter Sotiris Gkardiakos or Garsot[23] originate from Valta.
| Municipal unit Gargalianoi |
|---|
| Municipal Community Gargalianoi |
| Άγιος Στέφανος, ο |
| Βατιάς, ο |
| Βρομονέρι, το |
| Βρυσόμηλος Μεσσηνίας, ο - Αγία Σωτήρα, η |
| Gargalianoi (Γαργαλιάνοι, οι) |
| Kanalos (Κάναλος, ο) |
| Κοκκινοχωραφά, η |
| Lagkouvardos (Λαγκούβαρδος, ο) |
| Λιβάρτζι, το |
| Pelekitos (Πελεκητός, ο) |
| Pigadia (Πηγάδια, τα) |
| Ρίκια, τα |
| Χοχλαστή, η |
| Community Valta |
| Valta (Βάλτα, η) |
| Community Lefki |
| Lefki (Λεύκη, η) |
| Tragana (Τραγάνα, η) |
| Community Marathopoli |
| Γεφυράκι, το |
| Marathopoli (Μαραθόπολις, η) |
| Μπάρλα, η |
| Νεροβίγλι, το |
| Πρώτη, η (νησίς) |
| Community Mouzaki |
| Mouzaki (Μουζάκι, το) |
| Community Pyrgos Trifylias |
| Pyrgos (Πύργος, ο) |
| Community Floka |
| Floka (Φλόκα, η) |
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