Artemisia, Messenia
Community in Greece
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Artemisia (Greek: Αρτεμισία, before 1927: Τσερνίτσα - Tsernitsa[2]) is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Greece. The community includes the small village Agios Ioannis Theologos. It is situated at 860 m above sea level. Many of its residents live there only during the summer months.
Artemisia
Αρτεμισία | |
|---|---|
  Artemisia Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 37°6′N 22°14′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Messenia |
| Municipality | Kalamata |
| Municipal unit | Kalamata |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 88 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | KM |
It is located in the west part of the Taygetos mountains on the EO82 road (Sparta–Kalamata–Pylos) between Kalamata and Sparta. It is 1.5 km southwest of Alagonia and 13 km northeast of Kalamata.
Population
| Year | Village population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 240 | - |
| 1991 | 327 | 339 |
| 2001 | 291 | 310 |
| 2011 | 136 | 142 |
| 2021 | 88 | 88 |