Vlachorraptis

Vlachorraptis Βλαχορράπτης
Location
Vlachorraptis
Coordinates	37°32′N 22°1′E / 37.533°N 22.017°E / 37.533; 22.017Coordinates: 37°32′N 22°1′E / 37.533°N 22.017°E / 37.533; 22.017
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Peloponnese
Regional unit:	Arcadia
Municipality:	Megalopoli
Municipal unit:	Gortyna
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Community
- Population:	33
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Vlachorraptis (Greek: Βλαχορράπτης) is a Greek settlement in the west-southwest of Arcadia. Vlachorraptis is connected with gravel road linking with Kato Rizospilia and Karytaina as well as the Karytaina-Dimitsana Road and the GR-76 (Krestena - Andritsaina - Megalopoli), several earthened roads and trails are nearby. The Elis prefecture is 4 km to the southwest. Vlachorraptis had a 2001 population of 110 for the settlement. Vlachorraptis is located about 16 km northwest of Karytaina about 4 to 5 km west of Atsicholos, 32 km northwest of Megalopoli, 45 km southeast of Andritsaina about 87 km (old: 85 km) north of Kalamata and about 66 km west-southwest of Tripoli. The GR-7, the older and the new route is 37 km to the southeast as well as the superhighway.

Nearest places

• Atsicholos, east
• Kotyli, south
• Theisoa, west-southwest
• Sarakini, north-northwest

Geography

Vlachorraptis is situated in a mountainous slope of the Lykaio mountains and is in a valley that overlooks the valley and the Alfieos valley as well as its nearby mountains to the south including Lykaio, the west and the southeast as far as the Taygetos mountains. The mountains cover the area and are made up of rocks with grasslands and bushes along with a couple of forests and grasses and bushes around the areas, the forest are between 300 to 450 m, the cliffs and the Lousios river and gorge is to the southeast. Farmlands are within the village area.

Information

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.

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 1960s. 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.

Population

Year	Population
1981	101
1991	64
2001	110

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. One exception was that the population lost by nearly one-third 1981 and 1991 but it regained over two-thirds between 1991 and 2001.

Notable people

• Theodore Angelopoulos (b. 1943), businessman

See also

• List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

External links

• History and Information about Vlachorrapti
• Marathia (Vlachorrapti) on the GTP Travel Pages

References