Areti, Elis

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Areti Αρετή
Prefecture:	Ilia
Province:	Ilia
Municipality:	Lechaina
Municipal district:	Areti (seat)
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	37.308 (37° 18' 8") N 21.975 (21° 58' 21") E
Population: (2001) -Village: (Change from 1991) Percent of the municipality: - Rank (Village):	499 (+52 or +11.63%) 7.88%
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	Ionian Sea 5 m about 15 m (1 km southeast)
Postal code:	GR-270 53
Car designation (as of 2006):	`HA`

Areti (Greek: Αρετή) is a community located about 500 m north of GR-9/E55 at the community hall and a square (plateia) in the municipality of Lechaina and the prefecture of Ilia.

1 Distances
2 Nearest places
3 Data
4 Population
5 About the village
6 See also
7 External links
8 See also

[edit] Distances

Distance from Lechaina is 5 km NE, 2 km W of Kourtesi, 55 km SW of Patras and 42 km (old 44 km) NW of Pyrgos.

[edit] Nearest places

Kotychi, north)
Kourtesi, east and south
Agios Georgios, south
Lechaina, southwest
Agios Panteleimonas, Veskoukeika, northern parth of Lechaina, west

[edit] Data

Location:
- Latitude: 37.975 (37°58'21) N
- Longitude: 21.308 (21°18'8') E
Postal code: 270 53
Elevation: 5 m
Dialing code: +30-26230-9

[edit] Population

Year	Communal population	Change	Percent of the municipality
1981	527	-	-
1991	447	-80 or 15.18%	-
2001	499	+52 or +11.63%	7.88%

[edit] About the village

Areti has a small school, a church and a (plateia). It has a train station with no building connecting the railway line with Patras - Kato Achaia - Lechaina - Amaliada - Pyrgos. Residential houses are within the road connecting the highway and the Kotychi lagoon. Forests are founded in the west along with the small creek, grasslands within the Kotychi area, farmlands in the east and south and hills to its southeast. Its length is approximately 1.5 km from northwest to southeast and 200 to 300 m from southwest to northeast. Its main production are fruits and vegetables along with olives and a few cattle.

The community includes the Kotychi lagoon is north of the village.

An archaeological site is located near Areti. Its name is Myrsini. It was known as Myrsinus during Homeric times and Myrtunitum in later times. Phone towers in Kourtesi are founded east of Areti at the communal boundary along with its municipal boundary with Vouprasias.