Kerastaris

Kerastaris

Kerastaris (Greek: Κεραστάρης), also with an a accented. is a Greek village in the westcentral part of the Arcadia prefecture Kerastaris is in the municipality with Valtetsi. Lykocheia had a 2001 population of 146 for the village. Kerastaris is also connected with the road linking the GR-7/E65 (Corinth - Tripoli - Kalamata) 3.5 km south and a rural road.

Distances

Kerastaris is located about 23 km west of Tripoli and about 15 km east of Megalopoli.

Nearest places

*Athinaio, southeast
*Palaiochouni, south
*Makrissi, south-southwest
*Vangos, northwest

Geography

Kerastaris is situated in a valley area separated from the rest of the villages. The mountains dominate much of the area and it contains forests, plenty of valleys and streams and grasslands along with barren lands elsewhere. Farmlands are within the village area.

Population

History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece. The population lost since that time.

Information

Its main industry are agriculture. Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common. The village can be seen as far as to the north and east.

Kerastaris thas several rural roads and approximately 4 km of hydro lines and roads.

Its residential houses and buildings are within 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 technology are not seen.

Panorama

The village offers panoramic views of the mountains around the area including the north, and the south.

Other

Kerastaris has a church, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest school and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Asea.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

External links

* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/kerastaris.htm History and Information about Kerastaris]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8868 Kerastaris on the GTP Travel Pages]


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