Aspra Spitia (Greek: Άσπρα Σπίτια) is a village in the municipality Olympia, eastern Elis, Greece. It is situated between the rivers Alfeios and Erymanthos, 4 km northwest of their confluence. It is 2 km west of Tripotamia (Arcadia), 4 km southeast of Vasilaki, 14 km east of Olympia and 30 km east of Pyrgos. Near the village, archeologists have excavated remains of housing from the Neolithic period.[2] The village was affected by the 2007 Greek forest fires.
Aspra Spitia
Άσπρα Σπίτια | |
|---|---|
  Aspra Spitia | |
| Coordinates: 37°37′N 21°47′E / 37.617°N 21.783°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Greece |
| Regional unit | Elis |
| Municipality | Archaia Olympia |
| Municipal unit | Archaia Olympia |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 148 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Population
edit| Year | Village population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 385 |
| 1991 | 313 |
| 2001 | 316 |
| 2011 | 195 |
| 2021 | 148 |
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ Hellenic Republic - Ministry of Foreign Affairs[dead link]