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Leontari (Greek: Λεοντάρι, before 1930: Κασκαβέλι - Kaskaveli[2]) is a town in the municipal unit of Thespies in Boeotia, Greece.
Leontari
Λεοντάρι | |
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Coordinates: 38°18′N 23°10′E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Central Greece |
Regional unit | Boeotia |
Municipality | Aliartos-Thespies |
Municipal unit | Thespies |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 625 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The city of Leontari was founded at the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century by Albanian settlers, the so-called Arvanites, under the leadership of Zogra Kobili.[3][4] Leontari was first attested as hamlet in the Ottoman census of 1466.[5] Initially the village was named after its founder. Later, and until 1930, the town was named Kaskaveli or Kobili, variants of the name of the founder.[5][3] In 1930 it was renamed to Leontari ("Lion" in Greek) after an ancient Greek artifact possibly related to the area.[5][2][3]
Year | Population |
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1850 | 266 |
1928 | 961 |
1940 | 982 |
1951 | 1116 |
1971 | 1002 |
1981 | 1016 |
2001 | 1036 |
2011 | 904 |
2021 | 625 |
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