Saravali

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Statistics
Prefecture: Achaea
Province: Patras
Municipality: Messatida
Municipal district: Saravali
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
38.19 (38° 11' 20") N
22.761 (22° 45' 6") E
Population: (2001)
-Village (Change from 1991)
-Municipal district
-Percent of the municipal district
-Percent of the municipality
-Rank
896
-
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
about 50 m (west)
75 m
about 800 m (east)
Postal code: GR-265 00
Car designation (as of 2006): AX

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. Saravali is in the northern part of the municipality of Messatidi . The population is around 2,000 and 3,000 with the town which includes the southeastern part of Demenika and Kefalovryso.

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[edit] Subdivisions

[edit] Nearest places

The neighboring places 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.

Saravali
Saravali

[edit] Population

Year Population Change
1981 2,018 -
1991 795 -1,223 or -60.61%
2001 896 -

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

[edit] Geography

  • Location:
    • Latitude: 38.19 (38°11'20') N
    • Longitude: 21.761 (21°45'6') E
  • Postal code: 265 00
  • Elevation: 75 m
  • Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-2610)

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.

[edit] Information

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 settlement boundary between Demenika and Saravali, the perimeter is northwest of the town. Achaia Clauss is to the northeast

[edit] History

The village was named after De Charavales/t?, a French feudal leader of the aera, he built a house around the area of Kastro. The Ottomans invaded the area in the 1450s, shortly, it was handed over to the Venetians for a short time, it was rehanded to the Ottomans. Between 1680s and the 1700s, it returned to the Venetians and fell again to the Ottomans. The Ottoman rule did not end until the Greek War of Independence of 1821. In the battle, it included Palaiopyrgos and a person and became the most famous battle of the village. The battle happened between Kolokotroni and the Turks which were prisoned in the castle of Patras. It was during the first battles of the city of the Greeks and in the village, it battles and had a Greek battle field with the power of Kolokotrinos. Every year, the commemoration of the battle is celebrated. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were mainly rebuilt, housing developments arrived in the 1970s and boomed until the 1990s overnumbering older architectural houses. Rarely any older architectural houses remain in Saravali and the area.

[edit] Sporting club

  • Achaios Saravali - football (soccer), basketball, it plays in the public field and is made out of turfy grass.
  • Galaxias (Demenika)

[edit] Panorama

Saravali offers panoramic views of the Panachaiko and the northwestern Omplos mountain along the western part of the prefecture. It also has views of Arakynthos and across to the Etoloakarnania prefecture on the other side of the gulfs.

[edit] Other

The town has a school, a church and a few squares (plateies).

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Municipal districts of the municipality of Messatida

Kallithea (Ano Kallithea) | Krini | Krystallovrysi | Ovrya | Petroto | Saravali | Thea