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Regional unit : Messinia

Zevgloateio (Ζευγολατείον) Messinia


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Zevgolateio or Zevgolatio is located in Messinia, approximately 2 kilometers north of Meligalas[1] and at an altitude of 50 meters[2]. It has a population of 296 inhabitants according to the 2021 census[3], while in 2011 it was 346[4]. There is a railway station in the settlement on the line to Kalamata.

The name

The toponym comes from the preposition zevgilateion. The word is Byzantine (archaic zevgilatis, zevgolato) and means the farm that has a house.[5][6]
Production

It is known for the pasteli that it has produced for many years. Oil and corn are cultivated. The kernel oil mill is also a production unit.

References

Encyclopedia Nea Domi. 13. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 72.
«ZEVGOLATEIO (Village) MELIGALAS - Greek Travel Pages». www.gtp.gr. Retrieved on 1 February 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)
Dikaios Vagiakakos, «Origin of names and place names: Zevgolateio», Illustrated History, vol. 76 (October 1974), p. 143
Compendium of Kriaras' Dictionary.

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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