Oreini is a village in Greece

Greece

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 in the municipal unit of Lampeia

Lampeia

Lampeia is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archaia Olympia, of which it is a municipal unit. The village is also known as Divri. Its population is presently around 1,000. Lampeia is in a valley...

. It was formerly known as Mostenitsa (Μοστένιτσα), a name of Slavic

Slavic languages

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 origin. Oreini is built on the slopes of mount Lampeia or Divri. Oreini contains also the small settlement of Paliofytia.
Oreini is located west-northwest of Tripoli

Tripoli, Greece

Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...

, 75 km northeast of Pyrgos and south-southeast of Patras

Patras

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.

The population was 279 people in 1991, and 189 in 2001 (203 including Paliofytia).

Geography

Oreini is located on a mountain range that extends from Katakolo

Katakolo

Katakolo is a seaside town in western Ilia in the municipality of Pyrgos. It is located south of Patras and Dounaiika, 12 km off downtown Pyrgos, west of Olympia and northwest of Messenia...

 to southwestern Lasiona

Lasiona, Elis

Lasiona is a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archaia Olympia, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat of administration was the village Antroni. It is accessed by a road connecting Patras and Tripoli, the GR-33...

. Much of the area are forested to the west and the east, farmlands are within the village area and some valleys.

History

The village dates back to the Slavic

Slavic peoples

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 origin, it was later ruled by the Franks

Frankish Empire

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, Albanians? and the Ottomans

Ottoman Empire

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. It finally joined the country of Greece

Greece

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 after the Greek War of Independence

Greek War of Independence

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, it produced a revolutionary leader Theodoros Papasimakopoulos

Theodoros Papasimakopoulos

Theodoros Papasimakopoulos was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence....

 who battled in Lalas. After World War II

World War II

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 and the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

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, its houses were rebuilt, but its population left for larger cities of Greece and other parts of the world. Oreini became connected with asphalt in the 1960s. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium.

Economy

Most of the people are stockbreeders (sheeps ans goats) as are most of the people in the surrounding area,because of the nature of the landscape.Around twenty of its residents live off in agriculture.