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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Lampeia
|name_local = Λάμπεια
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Lambias.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|periph = [[West Greece]]
|periphunit         = [[Elis (regional unit)|Elis]]
|municipality = [[Olympia, Greece|Archaia Olympia]]
|pop_municunit = 665
|pop_community = 393
|population_as_of = 2021
|area_municunit =  72.4
|elevation = 803
|coordinates = {{coord|37|51|N|21|48|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 270 63
|area_code = 26240
|licence = ΗΑ
|website =
|image_skyline      = Lampeia (Divri) general view.jpg
|caption_skyline    =
|city_flag          =
|city_seal          =
|districts          =
}}
[[File:Lampeia (Divri) partial view 1.jpg|thumb|Lampeia (Divri) village, partial view of village.]]
[[File:Lampeia (Divri) partial view 2.jpg|thumb|Lampeia (Divri) village, partial view of village.]]
[[File:Εlementary school in Lampia.jpg|thumb|Elementary school in Lampia (Divri), built in 1907 with a donation of Andreas Syngrou.]]
'''Lampeia''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Λάμπεια, before 1928: Δίβρη - ''Divri'',<ref>[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/170863 Name changes of settlements in Greece]</ref> between 1928 and 1929: Πρινόφυτον - ''Prinofyton''<ref>[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169835 Name changes of settlements in Greece]</ref>) is a mountain village, a community and a former [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipality]] in [[Elis (regional unit)|Elis]], [[West Greece]], [[Greece]]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [[Olympia, Greece|Archaia Olympia]], 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 72.447&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 community includes the village Amygdali.
Lampeia is situated south of [[Mount Erymanthos]], in the valley of a tributary of the river [[Erymanthos (river)|Erymanthos]]. Its elevation is 802 m above sea level.<ref name=stat01/> The [[Greek National Road 33]] ([[Patras]] - [[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]]) passes through it. Lampeia is 4&nbsp;km west of [[Oreini, Elis|Oreini]], 9&nbsp;km northeast of [[Koumanis]], 28&nbsp;km northeast of Olympia and 45&nbsp;km south of Patras.
==Subdivisions==
The municipal unit Lampeia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*[[Astras]] (Astras, Kalyvia Astra)
*'''Lampeia''' (Lampeia, Amygdali)
*[[Oreini, Elis|Oreini]] (Oreini, Paliofytia)
==Population==
{| class=wikitable
! Year !! Village !! Community !! Municipality
|-
| 1981 || - || 757 || -
|-
| 1991 || 576 || - || 1,243
|-
| 2001 || 661 || 764 || 1,374
|-
| 2011 || 468 || 529 || 1,000
|-
| 2021 || 358 || 393 || 665
|}
==History==
The name ''Lampeia'' was taken from the mountain ''Lampeia'', which is part of the [[Mount Erymanthos|Erymanthos]] range. According to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] the river [[Erymanthos (river)|Erymanthos]] has its source on the mountain ''Lampeia'', which is sacred to [[Pan (god)|Pan]]. The area was part of [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' 8.24.4</ref> Due to its inaccessibility, Lampeia saw few invaders. Also the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] stayed in the lower areas for strategic reasons. The Zoodochos Pigi monastery in Lampeia was a centre of Greek culture and education. Several inhabitants fought in the [[Greek War of Independence]], and some well known families of politicians (Petralias, Panagoulis, [[Stefanopoulos]], Zafeiropoulos) came from Divri/Lampeia.
Lampeia was created as one of the eight municipalities of the Elis prefecture in the 1830s, and was disbanded in 1913. This municipality was larger than the present municipal unit, and included several villages now in adjacent municipal units (among others [[Koumanis]], [[Antroni]] and [[Klindia]]). The municipality was recreated under the [[Capodistrian Plan]] in the late-1990s, and became a subdivision of the municipality of [[Olympia, Greece|Archaia Olympia]] in 2011.
== Notable people ==
*[[Pavlos Matesis]],<ref>Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001</ref> writer
==See also==
*[[List of settlements in Elis]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Lampeia, Ilia}}
*[http://www.mydivri.gr MyDivri.gr]  A great site with news, photos and historical information on Divri (Δίβρη)/Lambia (Λαμπεία) (in Greek and English)
*[http://www.antroni.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=42&Itemid=74.htm Antroni - Labeia] (in Greek)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080121082647/http://menoumellada.ert.gr/archive/video02.asp?id=3925&videoid=2006-12-part1%2F350k%2F20061206-dibrh-lampeia.wmv Video from the ERT program ''Traveling in Greece'' (''Menoume Ellada'') shown on ET1]
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Lampeia
|North     =
|Northeast = [[Aroania]]
|East      = Aroania
|Southeast = [[Kontovazaina]]
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Foloi]]
|West      = Lasiona
|Northwest = [[Lasiona, Elis|Lasiona]]
}}
{{Lampeia}}
[[Category:Populated places in Elis]]
[[Category:Olympia, Greece]]