- Agridi, Kalavryta
Agridi Kalavry(i)ton(Greek, Modern: Αγρίδι, older form: "-on"), accented form: Agrídi, older forms: -o and -on is a village in the municipality of
Akrata ,Achaia prefecture,Greece . As of 2001, it had a population of 106 for the village. The village is situated in the mountainous area with its mountaintop of 1,118 m to the northwest.Nearest places
*Aroania, east (distance: 3 km)
*Alestaina , south
*Ano Potamia
*Dessino , northPopulation
Location and transportation
Agridi is located 14 km from
Psofida , south ofPatras , southwest ofKalavryta , west-northwest of Tripoli and northeast of Olympia and Pyrgos.The village has about 6 to 8 km of gravel road. It has about 2 km of hydro lines, and about 2 km of phone lines.
The village today
Agridi has church, a post office, and a square ("
plateia "). Its nearest school, gymnasium (middle school) and lyceum (secondary school) are inPsofida .History
Agridi was ruled by the Ottoman Turks with the exception from 1681 until 1715 with the last of the Venetian rule. Agridi finally became a part of
Greece after theGreek War of Independence . It adopted its curr.After
World War II and theGreek Civil War , its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991, when the population decreased by half between 1981 and 2001. Agrambela became connected with asphalt in the 1960smid to late 20th century. more pavement was available in recent years. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In the late-1990s, the ex-community (now a village and a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Aroania.Economy
Its main economy is based on agriculture.
ee also
*
List of places in the Achaia prefecture
*Administrative divisions in the Achaia prefecture External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3384 Agridi at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.9948&longitude=21.989&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=37.9948&longs=21.989&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.9948,21.989 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.9948&lon=21.989&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellitehttp://maps.google.com/maps?ll=378.9948,21.989&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.9948|21.989&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|37|59|32|N|21|59|19|E|type:city(106)_region:GR
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