Lampeia
village in Elis, Greece
Lampeia (Greek: Λάμπεια, before 1928: Δίβρη - Divri, between 1928 and 1929: Πρινόφυτον - Prinofyton) is a mountain village, a community and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archaia Olympia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 72.447 km2. The community includes the village Amygdali.
Lampeia is situated south of Mount Erymanthos, in the valley of a tributary of the river Erymanthos. Its elevation is 802 m above sea level. The Greek National Road 33 (Patras - Tripoli) passes through it. Lampeia is 4 km west of Oreini, 9 km northeast of Koumanis, 28 km northeast of Olympia and 45 km south of Patras.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Lampeia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Astras (Astras, Kalyvia Astra)
Lampeia (Lampeia, Amygdali)
Oreini (Oreini, Paliofytia)
Population
History
The name Lampeia was taken from the mountain Lampeia, which is part of the Erymanthos range. According to Pausanias the river Erymanthos has its source on the mountain Lampeia, which is sacred to Pan.
“Lampeia” enters the record as village in Elis, Greece. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lampeia, village and Elis can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Lampeia” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Lampeia, village and Elis provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1021692. Authority coordinates are 37.858, 21.807. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1928, 1929 and 2011.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lampeia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.