Lefktra

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Coordinates: 38°15′16″N 23°10′56″E / 38.25444°N 23.18222°E / 38.25444; 23.18222

Lefktra

Lefktra (Greek: Λεύκτρα) is a village in the regional unit of Boeotia, Greece, and a part of the municipality of Thebes. Before 1915, its name was Parapoungia (Greek: Παραπούγγια).[1][2] Lefktra is located in the foothills of Mount Kithairon at 353 meters average elevation.[3] The population of Lefktra is 1,091 people (2011 census).[4] 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).[1] In 1997, at the Kapodistrias reform, it was merged into the municipality Plataies, along with the communities , and . In 2010, at the Kallikratis reform, Plataies was merged into the municipality of Thebes.[5]

Lefktra is named after the ancient village of Leuctra (Ancient Greek: Λεῦκτρα) in ancient Boeotia, seven miles southwest of Thebes. The Battle of Leuctra (371 BC) was fought in the vicinity of ancient Leuctra, in which the Thebans under Epaminondas defeated the Spartans, ending the Spartan hegemony. Following their victory, the Thebans became a new power within the Hellenic world, until the rise of Macedonia.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b EETAA local government changes, Lefktra
  2. ^ Λιθοξόου, Δημήτρης. "Μετονομασίες των χωριών της Ελλάδας" (in Greek). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  5. ^ EETAA local government changes, Plataies
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