Artemida | |
Name Local: | Αρτέμιδα |
Type: | community |
Coordinates: | 37.5333°N 63°W |
Periph: | Western Greece |
Periphunit: | Elis |
Municipality: | Zacharo |
Municunit: | Zacharo |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 84 |
Artemida (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αρτέμιδα; before 1948: Κουμουθέκρας - Koumouthekras)[1] is a village near Zacharo in southern Elis in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. The village was completely destroyed in the 2007 Greek forest fires. Twenty-three residents of Artemida lost their lives.[2] [3] [4]
On August 30, 2007, the Government of Cyprus announced that it will reconstruct the village.[5]