Kapsas

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Kapsas (Greek: Κάψας), also called Kapsia (Greek: Κάψια) is a community in the municipality of Mantineia in the prefecture of Arcadia on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. The community is located on GR-74 and GR-33 for northbound land connecting Pyrgos, Patras and Tripoli and E65, especially GR-37 and GR-7 of the by-pass of Tripoli. Distances from Tripoli is 8 km NW, SE of Levidi, S of Mantineia and W of E65 (New Tripoli - Corinth Highway).

[edit] Nearest places

Mantineia (north)

[edit] Geography

Location: 37°36′37″N, 22°20′41″E
Postal code: 221 00
Elevation: around 700 m
Dialing code: +30-2710-41 and 56 (030-2710-41 and 56)

[edit] Historical population

Year	Communal population	Change
1981	581	-
1991	460	-121/-20.83%
2001	505	33/9.78%

The community has a small school, a church, a small post office, and a square (plateia). Residential houses are lined up with the highway.

The mountain of Mainalon (Maenalus) is in the west and southwest and is filled with pine trees. A smaller mountain is in the northwest. The reat of the area are filled with agricultural lands with potato, pasture and vegetable farming.