Langadia, Arcadia

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Lagadia (also Lagadiá or Langadia) is a mountain village in Arcadia, in the Peloponnese region of Greece. It used to be its own municipality, but since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Gortynia as a municipal unit. The unit covers about 79.5 square kilometers and sits at roughly 1,000 meters above sea level. The village lies on a mountain slope, about 5 km east of Lefkochori, 10 km north of Dimitsana, and 36 km northwest of Tripoli, with the Greek National Road 74 passing through. Lagadia has a school, a church, a post office, and a square. Notable people born here include Kanellos Deligiannis and his brother Dimitrakis Deligiannis, two heroes of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. The municipal unit includes several small communities. The area has a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and milder winters. The population of the municipal unit was 490 in 2021.