Everything about Sparti Municipality totally explained
Sparti is a municipality of
Laconia,
Greece. It is situated on the location of ancient
Sparta. Population in 2001 was 18,184, of which 14,817 lived in the town itself.
History
Prior to modern times, the site of Sparta was occupied by a relatively small village that lay in the shadow of
Mystras, a more important medieval Greek settlement nearby. In
1834, after the
Greek War of Independence, King
Otto of Greece decreed that the village was to be rebuilt into a city on the site of and bear the same name as ancient Sparta (pronounced
Sparti in
Demotic Greek,
Sparta in
Tsakonian).
The modern city of Sparta was designed with the intention of creating one of the most beautiful cities in Greece through the use of tree-lined boulevards and parklands. During the monarchy, the title of
Duke of Sparta was used for the Greek
crown prince, the διάδοχος (
diádokhos).
At present, Sparta is the administrative capital of the
prefecture of
Laconia. A
Laconian Doric (Spartan) language known as
Tsakonian survives in the Laconian region of Peloponnese into the modern era, although today its number of native speakers has significantly decreased.
Sparta is the center of an agricultural plain whose focus is the
Eurotas valley. It is the local center for the processing of goods such as
citrus and
olives.
| Year |
Communal population |
Municipal population |
| 1961 |
10,412 |
— |
| 1981 |
12,975 |
— |
| 1991 |
13,011 |
16,322 |
| 2001 |
14,817 |
19,567 |
Sister cities
Famous people
George Hermonymus (15th century) scribe, diplomat, scholar and lecturer
Angelos Basinas (1976) footballerFurther Information
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