Komi, Ilia

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Komi
Κώμη
Statistics
Prefecture: Ilia
Province: Ilia
Municipality: Vouprasia
Municipal district: Varda
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
38.03 (38° 1' 50") N
21.3868 (21° 23' 19") E
Population: (2001)
-Village: (Change from 1991)
-percent of the municipal district:
Percent of the municipal district:-Percent of the municipality:
- Rank (Village):
253 (-83 or -24.57%)
57.37%
2.26%

7th in the municipality
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
about 10 to 15 m
40 m
about 60 m (north)
Postal code: GR-270 52
Car designation (as of 2006): HA

Komi (Greek: Κώμη), also with the o accented, is a settlement near Varda and the municipality of Vouprasia. Its 2001 population was 253 for the settlement [1]. It is connected with the road linking the Borsi-Varda Road.

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[edit] Nearest places

[edit] Location

Komi is located about 55 km southwest of Patras, north-northwest of Pyrgos and northeast of Lechaina.

[edit] Population

Year Village population Change Percent of the municipal district Percent of the municipality
1991 336 - - -
2001 253 -83 or -24.7% 57.37% 2.26%

[edit] Geography

Komi is situated in an area that are hilly and makes up of small valleys, it also contains mainly farmlands, forests covers nearly half of the area. Forests includes pines, firs, spruces and cypresses. Many of the villages houses and buildings are maiinly within the main road.

[edit] Information

Komi has approximately 5 km of paved roads and 10 to 15 km of gravel roads. Komi also has approximately 10 km of hydro lines as well as phone lines.

[edit] History

Albanians inhabited the area and were Orthodox Christians after Palaiologos, 10,000 Albanians arrived in Ilia. It was ruled by the Ottomans until the Greek War of Independence in 1821. During the first years of Greece, it was incorporated into the old municipality of Kalotychia, it later dissolved in 1913 and joined the community of Varda until the mid to late-1990s when it presently became a part of the new municipality of Vouprasia.

Until 1950, four villages in Ilia still spoke Albanians or Albanophones[2]. The remaining villages were Basta (now Kryoneri, Kaloletsi and Milies by its older names by the foot of Foloi.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. The population remained steady since the mid to late 20th century. Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. The population stabily grew between 1981 and 2001.

[edit] Economy

Its main production are fruits, vegetables, olives and cattle along with businesses and services. The majority of the production are olives.

[edit] Other

Komi has a school, a church, a few restaurants, taverns and bars, and a square (plateia). Its nearest lyceum (middle school), gymnasium (secondary school) and banks are in Varda, its nearby hospital is in Amaliada with a better one in Pyrgos.

[edit] References

  1. ^ YPES (The National Statistic Bureau of Greece), 2001 census
  2. ^ G. Papandreou Ilia dia mesou ton eonon (Η Ηλεία δια μέσου των αιώνων) 1924, p 34 and 340

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

Municipal districts of the municipality of Vouprasia
Aetorrachi (Dafni) | Kapeleto (Thanasouleika) | Kourtesi (Ano Kourtesi | Kotteika or Kottaiika) | Manolada | Nea Manolada (Magoula) | Neapoli | Nisi | Varda (Kougeika | Komi | Psari |Sympani) | Xenies (Kalyvakia | Palaiochora)
Greece | Elis | Vouprasia