Dimitsana

Dimitsana Δημητσάνα
Location
Dimitsana
Coordinates	37°36′N 22°3′E / 37.6°N 22.05°E / 37.6; 22.05Coordinates: 37°36′N 22°3′E / 37.6°N 22.05°E / 37.6; 22.05
Location within the peripheral unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Peloponnese
Regional unit:	Arcadia
Municipality:	Gortynia
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	1,337
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):	944 m (3,097 ft)
Postal:	220 07
Telephone:	27950
Auto:	TP
Website
www.dimitsana.gr

Dimitsana (Greek: Δημητσάνα) is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.^[1] It is built on the ruins of the ancient town Teuthis. Its population is 730.

It is located SE of Olympia and Pyrgos, SW of Vytina, 60 km W of Tripoli, W of Megalopoli and Karytaina and NE of Andritsaina.

The village has a school, a historical library, several churches, a post office, a water-power museum, an open amphitheater, hotels and a square (plateia). The village is located on the valley which has a small creek to its west and the residential area covers the eastern part of a mountain. Another mountain is located to its west. The area north and east of Dimitsana is covered with pine forests. Deforested mountains cover the area west and south of Dimitsaina.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Dimitsana is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Dimitsana (Dimitsana, Karkalou, Moni Aimyalon i Filosofou, Palaiochori)
• Melissopetra
• Panagia
• Rados
• Rizospilia (Rizospilia, Kato Rizospilia)
• Zatouna (Zatouna, Vlongos, Markos)
• Zigovisti

Population history

Year	Village	Municipal district	Municipality
1981	-	760	-
1991	-	739	1,529
2001	611	730	1,337

Notable people

• Germanos, metropolitan bishop of Patras (1771-1826)
• Gregory V (1746-1821), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• Theophanes III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Tassos Gritsopoulos, historian
• Archbishop Ieremias of Gortyna

Gallery

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  House in Dimitsana.

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  The statue of Gregory V in Dimitsana.

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  Old Houses

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  Snapshot

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  Street in Dimitsana

References

1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

External links

• Municipality of Dimitsana (official site, pages in Greek and in English)
• Dimitsana
• Dimitsana in Gortynia (in Greek)
• GTP - Dimitsana
• GTP - Dimitsana municipality

See also

• Communities of Arcadia

	North: Lagkadia
West: Iraia	Dimitsana	East: Falanthos, Megalopoli
	South: Gortyna, Trikolonoi