Lechaina

Lechaina is a town in the Prefecture of Elia, Greece that is slightly north of the nearby city of Pyrgos and regions of Messenia and Arcadia. It is also located far west of Athens, Greece and southwest of Patras. Its population exactly around the 3,300 mark.

Geography

To its northwest, the beach still known as Lechaina Beach today has a breath-taking view of the Ionian Islands. They are Cephallonia by Mount Aenos or Ainos, Its Island Chain including Ithaca. The Northern half of the island of Zante can be seen, because a hill which overlooks Chlemoutsi and Kyllene is blocking the southern half of the island. And the land of Aetoloacarnania to the northeast.

The beaches north of Lechaina are Lechaina Beach, which has a lot of summer homes and a restaurant, also known to some tourists. and one near the lagoon of Kotychi. It even has an abandoned soccer field which was reopened without turf rarely.

Camp Lechaina spelt Lehena before the 1990s was a big campsite for Northern Elia (Elea). Shut Down in the late 1990s because another campsite on Myrsini Beach was open for business. The East campsite is named Green Camp is founded directly north. It was also the same business, both built near luscious green forests and pristine blue-water beaches built around the periphery.

Not far from the camp are fertile flat unhabited plains with farmlands that stretch from outside the municipal boundaries ending up near 'thalassa', the sea with coastline. The size is about ten km2. A creek filled with littered things named Andravida flows in the middle.

The square of Aghios Demetrios which includes a church is located in the heart of town. Other squares are located near Myrsini Road and Efzonon, and another one near Al. Mastrovassilis Street.

Lechaina has a railroad station is located in the east. Lechaina has one highschool, and a school near the road that connects the beach and Lechaina.

East of Lechaina, there is a milk factory operated by Delta, and a famous mud-water "moschoneri" right near the junction of Old Road and road to Melissa (Elia) and Borsi. People come to soothe the body in black mud. Others think it was fun playing in rich dark mud.

The principal rivers are Andravida Creek, and Melissos

Its famous person that lived in Lechania is Andreas Karkavitsas. A street is named Odos Karkavitsas in honor of him. His house where he used to live is located on the south end of the street, along with the statue.

A golf course were about to be built in the northwest which will take up the western half of the community and the municipality.

History

Mid 20th-century, An irrigation project was planned for the agricultural sector of Lechaina. the project changed the agricultural face of the region.

In the late 1989s-early 1990s. Greece Federal Highway 9,mostly known as the "Patras to Pyrgos Highway" was creating an extension that will take automobiles away from Lechena. form to clear out traffic to Lechaina and other towns in the area. Traffic was causing an interruption to everyday life by pollution, noise and the environment.

In 1993 an enormous fire wiped out the Eastern half of the municipality. Fire scorched Aetorrachi, Melissa of Elia, and Aghioi Theodoroi. Farmlands, trees, forests, and property were damaged. People were left without power for nearly a week. The fire happened around the evening hour. The fire was quickly put out around one in the morning. This wildfire caused nearly 25 to 40 square kilometers of damage.

In mid-July 2001, a brush fire in Camp Lechaina caused terror to fifteen nearby houses and other houses in Aghios Panteleimons-Lechaina Beach area. It happened around 5 o'clock P.M., late-afternoon. Smoke can be seen anywhereas far as five or six kilometers. Fire trucks were trying to spray out the fire and did manage to put it out in ten minutes. The fire was close to wiping out three of the nearby houses. The fire nearly consumed 25 hectares of land (about five acres). All of the fire happened on an abandoned campground named "Camp Lechaina Beach". It consumed grass and forest. Half of its forest full of trees were burnt. Another about a half a month later was minor. Weeds and garbage was burning only a strip of 100 meters of land when firefighters put out the blaze.

Municipality of Lechaina

It is also a municipality that has an unexact population of around 5,000 or 6,000 people. The city hall is in the north of the town's square (plateia in Modern Greek). It expands from Myrsini Beash and into Borsi and has length of about 2 to 3 kilometers north to south. 80% of the population live in the towns of Lechaina and Myrsini.

It's villages and towns are included in this municipality are:

• • Aetorrachi (Lechaina side) around 100
  • Aghioi Theodoroi (Lechaina) around 100
  • Aghios Panteleimos (Lechaina Beach) less 100
  • Arete (near the municipal boundary) around 100
  • western Borsi (Borsion) around 200
  • Kotychi (near the municipal boundary) less than 100
  • Lechaina, the seat of Municipality of Lechaina around 3,300
  • Melissa (Lechaina) around 300
  • Myrsini (Lechaina) around 1,400
  • Myrsini Beach less than 100