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Pellana
Πελλάνα | |
|---|---|
  Pellana Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 37°12′N 22°19′E / 37.200°N 22.317°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Laconia |
| Municipality | Sparti |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 153.8 km2 (59.4 sq mi) |
| • Community | 15.42 km2 (5.95 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 1,931 |
| • Municipal unit density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Community | 263 |
| • Community density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
Pellana (/pəˈlænə/; Greek: ἡ Πέλλανα;[2] τὰ Πέλλανα;[3] Πελλήνη;[4] Agis[5]), was a city of ancient Lacedaemonia, on the Eurotas river, and on the road from Sparta to Arcadia.
Pellana is now a village and a municipal unit of the municipality of Sparti, Greece. It was a municipality until the 2011 local government reform.[6] The municipal unit has an area of 153.763 km2.[7] The seat of the municipality was in Kastoreio. It was called Καλύβια Γεωργίτσι Kalivia Georgitsi (lit. the huts of Georgitsi) until it was renamed after a nearby ancient city in 1932.[8]
Though the site of modern Pellana was clearly occupied in antiquity, it is probably not the site of the ancient Pellana mentioned by Pausanias and other ancient authors. The ancient Pellana was more likely near the modern Sellasia.[9]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Paus. iii. 20. § 2
- ^ Strabo viii. p. 386
- ^ Xen. Hell. vii. 5. § 9 Polyb. iv. 81, xvi. 37;
- ^ Plut. 8
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ Greek National Documentation Center "Pandektis"
- ^ W. Kendrick Pritchett, Studies in Ancient Greek Topography 4 (Passes), in Classical Studies 28, University of California Press, 1965, p. 18-25