Sparta: facts

At a glance

• Country: Greece
• Region: Peloponnese
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 16,239
• Coordinates: 37.0745° N, 22.4301° E
• Time zone: Europe/Athens (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Athens: 153 km (95 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kalamata Airport (KLX): 36 km (22 mi), straight line
• Kithira Airport (KIT): 103 km (64 mi), straight line
• Patras Araxos Agamemnon Airport (GPA): 149 km (92 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kardamyli: 27 km (17 mi)
• Kalamata: 28 km (18 mi)
• Skala: 33 km (20 mi)
• Gytheio: 37 km (23 mi)
• Messini: 38 km (23 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Patra, 144 km (89 mi)