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|name = Lepreo
|name_local = Λέπρεο
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|periph = [[West Greece]]
|periphunit = [[Elis (regional unit)|Elis]]
|municipality = [[Zacharo]]
|municunit = [[Zacharo]]
|pop_community = 362
|population_as_of = 2021
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'''Lepreo''' ({{langx|el|Λέπρεο}}, before 1916: Στροβίτζι - ''Strovitzi''<ref>[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169496 Name changes of settlements in Greece]</ref>) is a village and a community in the municipality of [[Zacharo]], [[Elis (regional unit)|Elis]], [[Greece]]. The community includes the small villages Agrapidia, Drakos, Panagies, Revelaiika and Skoupas. It is situated on a hillside, 2 km southwest of [[Taxiarches, Elis|Taxiarches]], 5 km west of [[Nea Figaleia]] and 8 km southeast of Zacharo. Lepreo was named after the ancient city [[Lepreum]]. The ruins of Lepreum, 500 m north of the present village, have been excavated in 1982.
==Population==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year !! Population !! Community population
|-
| 1981 || - || 615
|-
| 1991 || - || 499
|-
| 2001 || 329 || 532
|-
| 2011 || 219 || 366
|-
| 2021 || 221 || 362
|}
==People==
*[[Simon Karas]] (1903–1999), a Greek musicologist
==See also==
*[[List of settlements in Elis]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Zacharo}}
[[Category:Populated places in Elis]]
[[Category:Zacharo]]