Saravali

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Saravali (Greek: Σαράβαλι, before the 1970s, -ον, Saraválion) is a community located 6 km SE of the centre and a suburb of Patras, Greece, north of Ovrya, northeast of Mintilogi and 9 km W of the Iera Moni Omplou/Omplos Monastery. The community is in the northern part of the municipality of Messatidi . The population is around 2,000 and 3,000 with the community which includes the southeastern part of Demenika and Kefalovryso. The neighboring communities are Petroto in the north, Demenika in the west (but for the community, downtown Demenika) and Krini in the south along with a mountain of Omplos in the east.

[edit] Geography

Location:
- Latitude: 37.19 (37°11'20') N
- Longitude: 21.761 (21°45'6') E
Postal code: 265 00
Elevation: 75 m
Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-2610)

[edit] Historical population

Year	Communal population	Change
1981	2,018	-
1991	795	-1,223/-60.61%

Saravali between 1981 and 1991 lost population and one of the most in the prefecture.

The town has a school, a church. Most of the houses are built between the 1970s and the 1990s. The main road between Petroto and Krini runs through the centre. The elevation is about 100 m and 150 m above sea level. Since 2003, the beltway GR-9/8/E55 runs through without any interchanges, and since construction between 1993 and 1994, it presently forms the western town boundary, not the communal between Demenika and Saravali.

Saravali sits between the mountains of Panachaicus and Omplos. The panorama overlooks almost half of the metro area of Patras from Roitika to Rio. Houses are lined from north to south. The town sits next to pine forest in the south, along with an entry to the wine fields of Achaia Clauss. A mining pit is north of Saravali. Most of the agricultural lands is in the west while forests and grasslands cover the east and north.