Nea Malesiada

Nea Malesiada or New Malesiada (Greek: Νέα Μαλεσιάδα), is a village located east of Messolongi in the southern part of the Etoloakarnania prefecture. 'Nea Malesiada' belongs to the municipality of Inachos. During the 2001 census the population of New Malesiada estimated about 396 inhabitants for the main village and 1,706 for the broader area. It is ranked second in population in the municipality.

ubdivisions

*Ano Kampos
*Maraneli

Population

Information

Malesiada was the name of the old village. The village was isolated and the villagers asked from the State to reestablish it at a new place along the provincial road which connects Agrinion with Empesos in order to have better living conditions.After the reestablishment, the village took the name "Nea Malesiada" with "Nea" meaning "New".In the village there is a quite good market which is famous in the broad district for its meat products especially that of pork which is produced by the Aifantis' family. Aifantis' family pioneered in this sector by creating a farm and a small meat factory.

From Malesiada comes the 'Malesiadas' family members of which (Georgios, Kostas, Stamoulis) fought during the Greek war for Independence (1821–1827). It was this family which gave its name to the village. The last thirty years the population steadily declines because the young people moved to other parts of the country, especially to Athens and Agrinion or even abroad for finding better work or living conditions.

Electricity and private cars first appeared in the 1960s. Television sets appeared very lately in the 1980s. Internet and computers appeared in the early 90s.

Other

Nea Malesiada has a primary and a secondary school, a few churches and a square ("plateia"). The nearest lyceum (middle school), bank and post office will one find in Neo Chalkiopoulo.

References

#"Domi Encyclopedia" - Volume 21 - pg. 81 - Tegopoulos Editions - Maniateas - Athens 1996
#Stamatelatos M. & Vamva F. - "Geografiko lexiko tis Elladas" (" Γεωγραφικό λεξικό της Ελλάδας" = "Geographic Dictionary of Greece")
#Nikolaos Telonas - "Oi Promachoi tis Patridos Valtinoi Agonistes tou '21" - p. 146-147 and p. 228 - Amfilochia 2004

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4237 Nea Malesiada on GTP Travel Pages]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=62311 Malesiada on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.9025&longitude=21.333&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.9025&lons1=21.333&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.9025,21.333 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.9025&lon=21.333&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|38|54|12|N|21|20|0|E|type:city(396)_region:GR|display=inline,title

ee also

*List of settlements in the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture