Laconia Prefecture Νομός Λακωνίας
Periphery	Peloponnese
Capital	Sparta
Population	100,871 (2005)Ranked 37th
Area	3,636 km² Ranked 10th
Population density	27.7/km²Ranked 50th
Number of provinces	4
Number of municipalities	20
Number of communities	2
Postal codes	23x xx
Area codes	273x0
Licence plate code	ΑΚ
ISO 3166-2 code	GR-16

Laconia (Λακωνία; see also List of traditional Greek place names), also known as Lacedaemonia, is a prefecture in Greece. In ancient Greece it was the principal region of the Spartan state. Throughout classical antiquity the Spartan sphere of influence expanded Messenia, whose inhabitants (the helots) were permanently enslaved. In medieval times it was part of the Byzantine Empire and following the Crusades it was the home of the Byzantine Despotate of Morea, held by the penultimate Greek ruling dynasty, the Palaiologoi. In modern times, Laconia has the legal status of a prefecture, with Sparta its administrative capital. Its main towns and cities are Amyclae, Areopolis, Gytheion, Molaoi, Monemvasia, Mystras, Neapoli and Sellasia. It encompasses Cape Malea and Cape Tainaron and a large part of the Mani Peninsula. Image File history File links GreeceLaconia. ... The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational divisions of Greece. ... The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ... Coordinates 37°4′ N 22°26′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Laconia Population 18,184 source (2001) Area 84. ... This is a list of the prefectures of Greece, in order of descending population (in 2005). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Following is a list of Greek prefectures ordered by population density. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... Communities and municipalities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. ... Communities and municipalities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Greek car number plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e. ... This is a list of traditional Greek place names. ... Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around one thousand years and was extinguished by the newly-powerful Christianity. ... Coordinates 37°4′ N 22°26′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Laconia Population 18,184 source (2001) Area 84. ... Messenia (Greek: , in Modern Greek Messinia; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a prefecture in the Peloponnese, a region of Greece. ... Helots were Peloponnesian Greeks who were enslaved under Spartan rule. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... The Siege of Antioch, from a medieval miniature painting, during the First Crusade. ... The Despotate of Morea was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. ... The Palaeologus family was the last dynasty ruling the Byzantine Empire. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Coordinates 37°4′ N 22°26′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Laconia Population 18,184 source (2001) Area 84. ... // Historical population Amykles or Amikles (Greek: Αμύκλες, older form, polytonic: Ἀμύκλαι, monotonic: Αμύκλαι), older forms: Amyklai, Amykle, Amiklai and Amikle, Latin: Amyclae, is a village and an archaeological site located southwest of Sparta. ... Areopoli (Greek: Αρεόπολη) is the second largest town in Mani. ... Gytheio is a town of Laconia in Greece, long known as the seaport of Sparta some 30 miles inland. ... Molaoi (Μολάοι) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Monemvasia (Greek: Μονεμβασία), is a medieval fortress with an adjacent town, located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese in the Greek prefecture of Laconia. ... For a village in the prefecture of Ioannina, see Mystras (Ioannina), Greece The Vale of Laconia seen from the battlements of Mystras Mystras (also Mistra, Mystra and Mistras Greek: Μύστρας , Μυζηθράς Mizithras or Myzithras in the chronicle of Morea ) was a fortified town in Morea (the Peloponnesus), on Mt. ... This page is about the modern Greek town of Neapoli found in the municipality of the Vatika. ... Sellasia, Selasia or Selassia (Greek: Σελλασία) rarely Arakhova is a village and a municipality which this town is the seat of the municipality of Oinounta, Inounta or Inouda (Greek, Modern: Οινούντα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ous), ancient form... Cape Malea is a peninsula found in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece. ... Cape Tainaron or Cape Matapan (Greek Ακροτήριον Ταίναρον or Ακροταίναρο) is a cape projecting into the Ionian Sea from the Mani Peninsula of the Peloponnese. ... Map of Greece highlighting the Mani peninsula. ...

The Evrotas is the longest river in the prefecture. The valley of the Evrotas is predominantly an agricultural region that contains many citrus groves, olive groves and pasture lands and most of all, oranges. It is the location of the largest orange production in the Peloponnese and probably all of Greece. The brand of orange juice named after this prefecture Lakonia is based in Amyclae and sells fresh orange juice entirely from this region. The Evrótas (Greek: Ευρώτας) is a river in the Peloponnese in southern Greece. ...

Taygetus (2,407 m), known as Pentadaktylos (five-fingers) throughout the middle ages, is west of Sparta and the Evrotas valley. It is the highest mountain in Laconia and the Peloponnese, and mostly covered with pine trees. Two roads connect the adjoining prefectures of Messinia and Laconia: one is a tortuous mountain pass through Taygetus and the other bypasses the mountain via the Mani district to the south. The other major mountain is Parnon (1,961 m) to the east. Taygetus or Taygetos (Greek: Ταΰγετος), also Taigetos is a mountain range of the Peloponnesus, Southern Greece, extending about 65 mi (100 km) north from the southern end of Cape Matapan in the Mani Peninsula. ... Coordinates 37°4′ N 22°26′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Laconia Population 18,184 source (2001) Area 84. ... Messinia (Greek: Μεσσηνία, also spelled Messenia; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a prefecture in the Peloponnese, a region of Greece. ... Mani may refer to: Mani Peninsula in Greece Maní, Yucatán, a small city in Yucatán, Mexico Mani, Evros, a town in the northeastern part of the Evros Prefecture in Greece Mani (prophet), a third-century Persian prophet, the founder of the dualistic Manichaean religion, which borrowed eclectically from... Parnon or Malevo is a mountain ridge on the east of the Laconian plain. ...

A stalactite cave in the southwest of the prefecture is located south of Areopolis. This famous cave is called Dirou and is a major tourist attraction. Water droplet coming out of the central canal of a stalactite A stalactite (Greek stalaktos, (Σταλακτίτης), dripping or dropped), or dripstone, is a type of speleothem that hangs from the ceiling or wall of limestone caves. ...

It is bounded by the Taygetus mountains to the west with Messenia, Arcadia to the north and with the Parnon mountains to the northeast, the Myrtoan Sea to the east and the Gulf of Laconia and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The islands of Cythera and Antikythera lie to the south, but they administratively belong to the prefecture of Piraeus. Messenia (Greek: , in Modern Greek Messinia; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a prefecture in the Peloponnese, a region of Greece. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Parnon or Malevo is a mountain ridge on the east of the Laconian plain. ... The Myrtoan Sea is often unmarked on modern maps. ... For the landmasses surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, see Mediterranean Basin. ... Kythira, also seen as Kythera, Cythera or Tsirigo, is an island, one of the Ionian Islands. ... Antikythera (Αντικύθηρα) is a Greek island with a land mass of 20 square kilometers, 38 kilometers south-east of Kythira. ... The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a Prefect; consequentally, like that word, is its applied in English in relation to actual Prefects, whose title is just that (or the forms it takes in other, especially Romance, languages), in the broadest sense in... View of Piraeus A night ferry about to leave the port of Piraeus for the Dodecanese Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ...

The word "laconic" is derived from the name of the region by analogy - to speak in a concise way, as the Spartans were reputed by the Athenians to do. Look up laconic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Nickname: City of Athena or Cradle of Democracy Location of the city of Athens (red dot) within the Prefecture of Athens and Periphery of Attica Coordinates: Country Greece Peripheries Attica Prefecture Athens Founded circa 2000 BC Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis Area    - City 38. ...

Climate

The area has hot summers and mild winters in most of the prefecture while in the mountains, especially Taygetus, snow is very common throughout the winter.

Transport

• Greece Interstate 37, N, Cen., S
• Molaoi to Leonidi Road, E, NE
• Greece Interstate 82, W
• Greece Interstate 86, S, E, SE, Gytheio - Monemvasia

Greece Interstate 37 (Tripoli - Sparta - Gytheio - Areopoli) is a south to north highway linking Tripoli with the GR-7/ E55 along with GR-33 and GR-74 at the Tripoli Bypass, Sparta and Areopoli in the Mani Peninsula. ... Greece Interstate 82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparti) is a west to east highway linking Pylos with the GR-9/E55, Kalamata and downtown Sparta with GR-37/E???. The highway begins in downtown Pylos and runs through the southwestern part of Messenia and through curvy roads and through Lykodimos and intersects... Monemvasia (Greek: Μονεμβασία), is a medieval fortress with an adjacent town, located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese in the Greek prefecture of Laconia. ...

Communications

Radio

• FLY FM 89,7 (Sparta). This is a popular radio station of Lakonia. Its website is www.flyradio.gr
• Lakonia FM - 91.1 FM (Sparta)
• Politeia FM - 90.7 FM & 91.5 FM
• Radiofonias Notias Lakonias (Southern Laconia Radio) - 93.5 (Gytheio)
• Radio Sparti - 92.7 FM (Sparta)
• Star FM - 94.7

FLY FM 89,7 is the most popular radio station in Laconia,Greece. ...

Television

• Ellada TV - UHF 43, Sparta
• TV Notias Lakonias - Molaoi

Population history

• 1907: 87,106
• 1991: 95,696
• 2001: 94,918

1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Provinces

• Province of Epidavros Limiras - Molai
• Province of Gytheio - Gytheio
• Province of Lacedaemonia - Sparta
• Province of Oitylo - Areopili

Gytheio (Greek, Modern: Γύθειο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), also Gythio, Githeio or Githio is a town of Laconia in Greece, long known as the seaport of Sparta some 30 miles inland. ... Coordinates 37°4′ N 22°26′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Laconia Population 18,184 source (2001) Area 84. ...

Municipalities and communities

See also: List of settlements in the Laconia prefecture Asopos (Ασωπός) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... East Mani (Greek: Ανατολική Μάνη - Anatolikí Máni) is a municipality in the prefecture of Laconia, Greece. ... Elos (Greek: Έλος) is a village in Greece near Skala and Vlachiotis. ... Faris (Φάρις) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Geronthres (Greek: Γερονθρές, ancient Geronthrae) is a municipality southwest of Sparta, Laconia, Greece. ... Gytheio (Greek, Modern: Γύθειο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), also Gythio, Githeio or Githio is a town of Laconia in Greece, long known as the seaport of Sparta some 30 miles inland. ... Krokees (Κροκεές) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Molaoi (Μολάοι) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Monemvassia (Greek: Μονεμβασία, or Monemvasia, Malvasy) is a medieval fortress with an adjacent town, located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese in the Greek prefecture of Laconia. ... For a village in the prefecture of Ioannina, see Mystras (Ioannina), Greece The Vale of Laconia seen from the battlements of Mystras Mystras (also Mistra, Mystra and Mistras Greek: Μύστρας , Μυζηθράς Mizithras or Myzithras in the chronicle of Morea ) was a fortified town in Morea (the Peloponnesus), on Mt. ... City Hall of Mystras, Magoula Sainopouleio Theatre, located in Magoula Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city, capital of Mistras(Mystras) municipality. ... Niata (Νιάτα) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Oinountas (Modern Greek: Οινούντας, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ous, ancient form: Oinous or Inous, Latin: Oenus) is a municipality in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Laconia, Greece. ... Oitylo is one of the oldest towns in Mani. ... Areopoli (Greek: Αρεόπολη) is the second largest town in Mani. ... Pellana or Pellene or Pellane (Greek: ἡ Πέλλανα, Paus. ... Skala (Σκάλα) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Smynos (Σμύνος) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Coordinates 37°4′ N 22°26′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Laconia Population 18,184 source (2001) Area 84. ... Therapnes (Θεράπνες) is a municipality in Laconia, Greece. ... Voies (Greek: Βοιές), or also Vatika (Greek: Βάτικα), is a rural municipality of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on the southern tip of Cape Malea. ... Zarakas is a ruined frankish monastery built on the shores of Lake Stymphalia in the Peloponnese in Greece after the Frankish occupation of parts of the Byzantine Empire. ... Elafonissos (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) or Elafonisos is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. ... Karyes (Καρυές) is a community in Laconia, Greece. ... This is a list of settlements in the prefecture of Laconia, Greece. ...

External links

• http://lakonia.net
• http://www.laconia.org
• Map of Laconia
• GTP - Lagkadia
• GTP - Lagkadia municipality
• Panoramic photos of Mani Laconia
• In German:

• • http://www.hochschulstellenmarkt.de/info/l/la/lakonien.html
  • http://www.leonidion.de/lakonien.htm
• in Greek:
  • Municipalities of Laconia with communities and settlements

Coordinates: 37°00′N 22°35′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...