Kato Karyes

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Kato Karyes
Κάτω Καρυές
Statistics
Prefecture: Arcadia
Province: Megalopolis
Municipality: Megalopoli
Municipal district: Leontari
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
37.407 (37° 24' 26") N
22.029 (22° 2' 53") E
Population: (2001)
-
-Percent of the municipality
95
0.29%
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
Alfeios (about 350 m)
400 m
about 800 m (west)
Postal code: GR-220 21
Area/distance code: 11-(00)30-27940
Car designation: TP

Kato Karyes or Kato Karies (Greek: Κάτω Καρυές), older name: Kalyvia Karyon or Kalivia Karion is a Greek village located approximately 10 km (old: 9 km) west of Megalopoli, 16 km norhtwest from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli), about 45 km southeast of Andritsaina, south of Karytaina and west-southwest of Tripoli. Kato Karyes had a population of 51 people according to the last census in the year 2001. Kato Karyes or Karyes is also a part of the municipality of Megalopoli. Kato Karyes is linked to a road connecting Lykaia and Megalopoli, the road to Choremi and the road to Katsibali. The GR-76 (Krestena - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) are connected to the north and south of the village.

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[edit] Nearest places

[edit] Geography

Kato Karyes is built by a river and located west of the Peloponnese's longest river, the Alfeios. The mountains cover the western part of the area whose altitude reaches up to approximately 800 m. The western and the central parts are mostly covered by forests, whereas farmlands are located mostly in the central and eastern parts. From Kato Karyes one can see the Lykaio mountain to the west, the mountains to the north, the east and the south.

[edit] Population

Year Municipal population Change Percent of the municipalmunicipality
1981 88 - -
1991 89 +1 or +1.14% -
2001 51 -38 or -42.7% 0.59%

The 1981 and the 1991 census was one of the few places in Arcadia where the population only grew by one inhabitant.

[edit] Other

Kato Karyes has a churc and a square (plateia). Its nearest school (since 2005) and lycaeum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Megalopoli.

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[edit] See also

Municipal districts of the municipality of Megalopoli
Anthochori | Ano Karyes | Chirades | Choremi (Apiditsa) | Chranoi | Gefyra | Isari (Chrousa | Petrovouni) | Isoma Karyon | Karatoula | Kastanochori | Kato Karyes | Lykaio | Lykosoura | Lykochia | Makryssi | Mallota | Marathousa | Megalopoli (Orestio) Nea Eklissoula | Neochori Lykosoura | Paradeisia (Fanaiti) | Perivolia (Vrysoules) | Plaka | Rapsommati | Souli (Derveni) | Soulos | Trilofo | (Palaiomoiri (Koloni)) | Tripotamo | Vangos | Vasta
Greece | Peloponissos | Arcadia | Megalopolis | Megalopoli