| Theisoa Θεισόα |
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Theisoa
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | West Greece |
| Regional unit: | Elis |
| Municipality: | Andritsaina-Krestena |
| Municipal unit: | Andritsaina |
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| - Population: | 129 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
Theisoa (Greek: Θεισόα) is a little village in southwestern Greece, part of the municipal unit Andritsaina. In 2001 its population was 129. Until the 20th century, the village was known as Lavda (Λάβδα). Theisoa is connected with the GR-76 (Megalopoli - Andritsaina - Krestena) and serves a road with Matesi.
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Theisoa is approximately 25 km west-northwest of Megalopoli, about 15 km west of Karytaina, east of Andritsaina and southeast of Pyrgos and Krestena.
| Year | Population |
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| 1981 | 134 |
| 1991 | 198 |
| 2001 | 129 |
Theisoa is situated on a mountain slope, a small mountain is east of the village and its road encircles to the north, the mountains dominate the area, the forests are to the west and north and the Alfeios river lies to the north, farmlands are within the vicinity of the village.
Theisoa has approximately 10 km of paved roads and 10 km of gravel roads. Theisoa also has approximately 10 km of hydro lines as well as phone lines.
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially 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 stably grew between 1981 and 2001.
The village was endangered by a fire in 2007 that arrived from the south of the banks of the Alfeios, flames plundered the forests around the area and changed its geographical shape to an ashy situation, some flames came from the souhtwest which included Varvasaina and Platanos. Firefighters battled the blaze along with choppers and airplanes and began between 2 to 4 PM (14:00 to 16:00) on Monday August 27 and continued through the afternoon and evening hours, the southern portion was partially unaffected. It transformed into an ugly not so beautiful scene that became all burnt and grey, the air became stale and may take several years to recover the forests, planting will rarely be done.
Its main production are fruits, vegetables, olives and cattle along with businesses and services. The majority of the production are olives.
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