Levidi
Levidi was the site of several battles during the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, and in ancient times was thought to have been the site of a sanctuary to Artemis Hymnia.
The great Greek-Australian rugby league footballer George Peponis has ancestral ties to this town.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Levidi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Chotoussa
- Daras
- Kandila (Kandila, Diakopi, Moni Kandilas)
- Kardaras
- Komi
- Levidi
- Limni
- Orchomenos (Orchomenos, Roussis)
- Palaiopyrgos
- Panagitsa
- Vlacherna
Historical population
Year | Community | Municipal unit |
---|---|---|
1981 | 1,442 | - |
1991 | 1,142 | 4,334 |
2001 | 1,082 | 3,433 |
2011 | 1,025 | 3,094 |
2021 | 920 | 2,753 |
Environment
From the town’s center The square overlooks Mainalo, Ascension Hill, Mount Artemisio and Helmos. and the huge plain (Οropedio) below. At the other end of the plain below there are abruptly rising mountain ranges. The plain is a closed geological basin of karstic origin. The Mainalo’s slopes are forested. But the landscape of the plain below is grassy and rural. Hills and mountains frame the plain on all sides, they are covered by rock debris (in geology) and shrubs.