Psathi, Arcadia

Psathi (Greek: Ψαθί) is a village that is partially surrounded by forests in the southwestern part of the municipality of and a quarter of Megalopoli and in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. It used to be a community. It is linked by GR-7/E55 to 3 km E, about 1 km W for the old one and 3 km south for the new one. It is located S of Dimitsana and about 27 km SE of Karytaina, 35 km WSW of Tripoli, WNW of Leontari, NE of NNE of Kalamata and ENE of Kyparissia.

Contents

Nearest places (until it became a part of Megalopoli)

Geography

Historical population

Year Population
1920 242
1961 160

The area has a small school, a church, but there are no squares (plateia). Its residential houses are mainly within the road.

Some farmlands are to the east while a mining area are to the north. The valley of Alpheus is to the west where it forms a communal boundary with Tripotamo and Megalopoli. It used to bound only with Psathi.

The old GR-7 road became cut off. The new section in the 1980s is now about 4 km south of the quarter and 5 km N along with a new interchange opened in 2003.

The Ecological park is situated in the west in the Alpheus Valley. It includes forests.

See also

External links