Editing Levidi

{{Infobox Greek Dimos
  |name = Levidi
  |name_local = Λεβίδι 
|type = municipal unit
|image_map      = DE Levidiou.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|periph = [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]]
|periphunit         = [[Arcadia (regional unit)|Arcadia]]
|municipality = [[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]]
  |pop_municunit = 2753
  |pop_community = 920
  |population_as_of = 2021
  |area_municunit  = 312.6
  |elevation = 860
  |coordinates = {{coord|37|41|N|22|17|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
  |postal_code = 220 02
  |area_code = 27960
  |licence = TP
  |website =
 |image_skyline      = Δημαρχείο Λεβιδίου.jpg
 |caption_skyline    = Town hall of Levidi
 |city_flag          = 
 |city_seal          = 
 |districts          = 
}}
'''Levidi''' ({{langx|el|Λεβίδι}}) is a small town and a former municipality in [[Arcadia (regional unit)|Arcadia]], [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]], [[Greece]]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 312.641&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}</ref> The town is situated on the northeastern slope of the [[Mainalo]] mountains, at about 850 m elevation. Levidi is 9&nbsp;km northwest of [[Kapsas]], 10&nbsp;km east of [[Vytina]], 12&nbsp;km southwest of [[Kandila, Arcadia|Kandila]] and 20&nbsp;km northwest of Tripoli. It is at the junction of the [[Greek National Road 74]] (Tripoli–[[Pyrgos, Elis|Pyrgos]]) and the [[Greek National Road 66]] (Levidi - [[Nemea (town)|Nemea]]).

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]] 
*[[Dara, Greece|Daras]] 
*[[Kandila, Arcadia|Kandila]] (Kandila, Diakopi, Moni Kandilas)
*[[Kardaras]]
*[[Komi, Arcadia|Komi]] 
*'''Levidi''' 
*[[Limni, Arcadia|Limni]] 
*[[Orchomenus (Arcadia)|Orchomenos]] (Orchomenos, Roussis)
*[[Palaiopyrgos]] 
*[[Panagitsa, Arcadia|Panagitsa]] 
*[[Vlacherna, Arcadia|Vlacherna]]

==Historical population==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Year !! Community !! Municipal unit
|-
| 1981 || 1,442 || - 
|-
| 1991 || 1,142 || 4,334 
|-
| 2001<ref name="stat01" /> || 1,082 || 3,433 
|-
| 2011<ref name=census11>{{cite web | url = http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls | title = Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός | publisher = Hellenic Statistical Authority | language = el }}</ref> || 1,025 || 3,094
|-
| 2021<ref name="census21" /> || 920 || 2,753
|}

==Environment==
[[File:Levidi-Ebene_Arcadia_Peloponnes.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[plateau]] at the foot of [[Mainalo]], below the town]]
[[File:Sinas-Valley_misty-morning_Levidi_Peloponnese_Greece.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The plateau at the foot of Mainalo, below the town, next to “Σινα Καταβόθρα“ (Sina [[Ponor]]), looking towards the Artemisio Mountains on an early morning]]
From the town’s center The square overlooks [[Mainalo]], Ascension Hill, Mount Artemisio and [[Aroania (mountain)|Helmos]]. and the huge plain ([[Plateau|Οropedio]]) below. At the other end of the plain below there are abruptly rising mountain ranges. The plain is a closed geological basin of [[Karst|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 [[Debris|rock debris]] (in geology) and [[Shrubland|shrubs]].

==See also==
* [[List of settlements in Arcadia]]
* [[Ponor]]
* [[Karst spring]]
* [[Plateau]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209003343/http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/lebidi.htm Arcadia - Levidi, page University of Patras] {{in lang|el}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese]]
[[Category:Tripoli, Greece]]