Artemisia (Greek: Αρτεμισία, before 1927: Τσερνίτσα - Tsernitsa[2]) is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Greece. The community includes the small village Agios Ioannis Theologos. It is situated at 860 m above sea level. Many of its residents live there only during the summer months.
Artemisia
Αρτεμισία | |
|---|---|
  Artemisia | |
| Coordinates: 37°6′N 22°14′E / 37.100°N 22.233°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Messenia |
| Municipality | Kalamata |
| Municipal unit | Kalamata |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 88 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | KM |
It is located in the west part of the Taygetos mountains on the EO82 road (Sparta–Kalamata–Pylos) between Kalamata and Sparta. It is 1.5 km southwest of Alagonia and 13 km northeast of Kalamata.
Population
edit| Year | Village population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 240 | - |
| 1991 | 327 | 339 |
| 2001 | 291 | 310 |
| 2011 | 136 | 142 |
| 2021 | 88 | 88 |
History
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editReferences
edit- ↑ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- 1 2 Name changes of settlements in Greece
- ↑ "EETAA local government changes". Retrieved 26 June 2020.