| Routsi Ρούτσι |
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Routsi
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit: | Arcadia |
| Municipality: | Megalopoli |
| Municipal unit: | Falaisia |
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| - Population: | 67 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
| Postal: | 220 21 |
| Telephone: | 27910 |
Routsi (Greek: Ρούτσι, older form Routsion) is a village in the eastern part of the municipal unit of Falaisia. Distance from Megalopolis is 11 km SE. The nearby communities and villages are Perivolia to the NW, Rapsommati to the N, Anemodouri to the NE and E, and Anavryto to the SE.
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It is located on a road between Megalopolis and Anavryto, about 45 km SW of Tripoli, 6 km W of Anavryto, about 13 km SE of Megalopoli and about 65 km NNE of Kalamata and E of Kyparissia.
| Year | Population |
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| 1991 | 69 |
| 2001 | 67 |
The village has a church, a small plateia, and a small train station located down the valley connecting the rail near the main road (Megalopolis-Anavryto). The station has two windows and a door facing the east. The village is situated on a hill and is almost completely surrounded by a forest. The main road in the center is divided into two narrow parts. Light green grasslands are to the south and the southeast. Mountains are to the south and east. The north branch of the Alfeios river flows around the area. Routsi has no nearby interchange with the new road.
Its residential houses and buildings are on the main road and it is about 200 to 300 m long wide at the centre. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1970s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and Internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technologies are not seen.
Routsi was devastated by an enormous forest fire on Sunday August 26, 2007. Routsi did not burn and the houses are now safe. The forests around Routsi and around hundreds of hectares were 70% burned. There were no firefighters and the residents of this little village were forced to save their own lives. Choppers and planes battled the blaze as it arrived during the afternoon hours and spread into Voutsara during the night. It may take several years to restore the area's natural beauty.
Routsi has a restaurant-bar in it, but no hotel or hostel. Routsi is a very relaxed village and it has a seventeen stable livery. On August 6 they organize a celebration for their main church Agia Swthra.
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