SPARTI (MUNICIPALITY)

'Sparti' (Σπάρτη, ''Spartē'') 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.


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

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★ Angelos Basinas (Footballer)

★ Laconia.org