Lefktra
Lefktra
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Lefktra (
Mount Kithairon at 353 meters average elevation.[4] The population of Lefktra is 779 people (2021 census).[1]
Thebes is sixteen kilometers away and Athens 70 km away, via the old national road. There are bus lines from Thebes to Lefktra and vice versa daily, and from Athens to Lefktra at the weekends. Residents' main occupations are agriculture and stockbreeding. Livadostra and Koromili beaches are ten minutes away by car.
Between 1912 and 1997 Lefktra was an independent community (an independent municipality after 1989).
Etymology
Lefktra is named after the ancient village of
Thebes
.
Defeat of Sparta
The
Macedonia
.
The base of Theban Tropaion (Trophy) tower, erected at the battle site circa 371BC.38°15′53″N 23°10′26″E / 38.2647°N 23.1740°E.
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b EETAA local government changes, Lefktra
- ^ Λιθοξόου, Δημήτρης. "Μετονομασίες των χωριών της Ελλάδας" (in Greek). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
- ^ EETAA local government changes, Plataies
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