Aristodimeio (Greek: Αριστοδήμειο, before 1919: Χασάμπασα - Chasampasa)[2] is a local community (topiki koinotita) of the municipal unit (dimotiki enotita) Ithomi, of the municipality (dimos) of Messini within the regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) of Messenia in the region (perifereia) of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided.[3] Before 2011 it held the same position in the administrative hierarchy, according to Law 2539 of 1997, the Kapodistrias Plan, except that Ithomi was an independent deme and Aristodimeio was a Local Division (Topiko Diamerisma) within it.[4]
Aristodimeio
Αριστοδήμειον | |
|---|---|
  Aristodimeio | |
| Coordinates: 37°08′N 21°58′E / 37.133°N 21.967°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Messenia |
| Municipality | Messini |
| Municipal unit | Ithomi |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 236 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 240 13 |
Aristodimeio is named after Aristodemus, one of the three brothers among whom the Peloponnesus was divided during the event the ancient Greeks called the Return of the Heracleidae. His tomb is traditionally located in the area.
Until 1919 it was called Chasampasa[2] or Hasabasa, after Hassan Pasha, who ruled it during the Turkish occupation. It owes its current name to the Ancient Messinian king Aristodemus, whose tomb is probably located there. The house of the Macedonian hero Marinos Lymperopoulos (Captain Kromba), is located in Aristodimeio and has been designated a protected monument.
Notes
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.
- ^ a b Αριστοδήμειον (Μεσσηνίας), EETAA local government changes
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette. p. 17435.
- ^ Hellenic Interior Ministry 2001, Line 6817.
Bibliography
edit- Hellenic Interior Ministry (18 March 2001). Δείτε τη Διοικητική Διαίρεση (in Greek). Hellenic Interior Ministry.. The previous Kapodistrias organization of all the communities in Greece. The populations are from the Census of 2001.