Vrana, Ilia

"For the settlement near Marathon, Greece, see Vranas, Athens"

Vranas (Greek: Βρανάς), (accented form: Vranás) is a settlement in the municipality of Vartholomio, Ilia Prefecture, Greece. Its 2001 population was 77 for the settlement.

Nearest places

*Dimitra, north
*Vartholomio, southeast (distance: 1 km)

Population

Location and transportation

Vranas is located 1 km northwest of Vartholomio, 5 km west of Gastouni, about 80 km southwest of Patras, 44 km northwest of Pyrgos and approx. 8 km southeast of Thermal Springs of Kyllini. It is connected with the road connecting Kyllini Baths and Gastouni.

The village has about 2 km of paved roads and about 6 km of gravel roads. It has about 4 km of hydro lines, phone lines are around 3 km.

Geography

Its geography compromises of farmlands that are mainly of groves due to a hilly located and some rare mixed crop including cattle and vegetable. Much of the area are hilly.

History

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. During the creation and recreation of the municipalities under the Capodistrian Plan in 1997, it became a part of the municipality of Vartholomio and its commune or community was transformed into a municipal district. Between 1981 and 1991, its population lost by half, it nearly did not lost people in 2001. Earthquakes rumbled Vartholomio including one in the mid to late 20th century and several later ones in the early 20th century, those earthquakes did not caused any harm to the village and its inhabitants.

Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, its main production includes olives, citrus and cattle.

Other

Vranas has a nearby church, a post office, and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest school, lyceum (middle school) is in Vartholomio, gymnasium (secondary school) are in Vartholomio.

ee also

*List of places in the Ilia prefecture
*Administrative divisions of the Ilia prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4547 Vranas at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.869&longitude=21.18&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=37.869&longs=21.18&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.869,21.18 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.869&lon=21.18&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.869,21.18&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.869|21.18&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Paralia Lygia (Lygia Beach)'s coordinates is at: coor dms|37|52|17|N|21|11|0|E|type:settlement(342)_region:GR