Koutala, Messinia

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Koutala Κουταλά
Statistics
Prefecture:	Messinia
Province:	Kalamata
Municipality:	Kalamata
Municipal district:	Kalamata
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	37.075 (37° 4' 33") N 21.16046 (21° 6' 17") E
Population: (2001) -Village (Change from 1991) -Municipal district population -Percent of the municipal district -Percent of the municipality	18 (-34 or -65.38%) 0.00036% 0.000312%
Altitude:  -lowest:  -centre:	Ionian Sea 380 m about 100 to 150 m
Postal code:	GR-241 00
Car designation:	MH

Koutala (Greek: Κουταλά), is a settlement in Greece located near Kalamata. Its 2001 population was 18 for the settlement.

Contents 1 Nearest places 2 Population 3 Geography 4 History 5 Routes 6 Other 7 See also 8 Sources

[edit] Nearest places

• Profitis Ilias, north
• Artemissia, northeast
• Asprochoma, west
• Thouria, west

[edit] Population

Year	Settlement population	Change	Percent of the municipal district	Percent of the municipality
1991	52	-	-	-
2001	18	-34 or -65.38%	0.00036%	0.000313%

[edit] Geography

Koutala is located north of Kalamata, in the sides which characterizes the Western Taygetos. It is built in the north hill which protected the village from the views of the port of Kalamata which did not appear from the pirates, one of the hilltops which sees the entire Messenian Gulf and the Messenian plain. With the same thing (behind the hill) is built along with the villages of Kalamata including Kato Karveli, Elaiochori, etc. Northeast are the mountainous farming areas which belongs to Artemissia with the name Rogkozonitsa and Volimnos. North is Profitis Ilias and west with Asprochoma and Thouria.

[edit] History

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The village was the villages of Alagonia and the same with Artemissia which had the same area in which the optic touch with Kalamata, Kastro are astonishing. Koutala was ruled by the Ottoman Turks, it became a part of Greece after the Greek War of Independence. It adopted its current name in the early 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium.

[edit] Routes

The route from Kalamata today are connected with pavement since the 1960s, it passes in the area of Profitis Ilias and enters the villages, it has access with Kalamata, the fields and the sea with an aerial view.

[edit] Other

Koutala has a church, a square (plateia). Its nearest school, gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are near the area.

[edit] See also

• List of places in the Messenia prefecture

[edit] Sources

• http://www.finikunda.com/eng/location.htm
• Koutala at the GTP Travel Pages
• Map and aerial photos:
  • Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps
  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 37°4′33″N, 22°6′17″E