Mataranga, Achaea

Mataranga Ματαράγκα
Location
Mataranga
Coordinates	38°1′N 21°28′E / 38.017°N 21.467°E / 38.017; 21.467Coordinates: 38°1′N 21°28′E / 38.017°N 21.467°E / 38.017; 21.467
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	West Greece
Regional unit:	Achaea
Municipality:	West Achaea
Municipal unit:	Larissos
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Community
- Population:	692
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Mataranga (Greek: Ματαράγκα; older name: Apideon) is a Greek village located 48 km southwest of Patras. Mataranga had a population of 363 in 2001 for the village and 692 for the municipal district. Mataranga is in the municipal unit of Larissos since the late-1990s. Mataragka is connected with the Lappa-Mataranga and villages of the southwestern Movri and a few more roads.

Subdivisions

• Kefaleika

Nearest places

• Apideona, north
• Neapoli, west
• Kefaleika

Geography

Mataranga is situated in a hilly area. The area are made up of farmlands and forests that are in the western and the eastern portions. The Movri mountains lies to the east. Its main production are fruits including watermelon, melon, figs and vegetables including corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cucumbers and others as well as dairy, livestock, olives and others. The majority of the population is rural-based, the rest work on services as well as a growing number on agricultural factories. The population had left for larger cities and outside Greece but an increase in population did not see a large emigration. Residential and other buildings are within the main and farm roads. The transformer line connecting Patras and Pyrgos runs to the north and a secondary one also to the north connecting with other parts. Until the late 1990s, Mataranga was in the Elis prefecture and the municipality of Vouprasias. The population declined in the 1990s sharply and recovered by doubling its population where it is in the 2001 census.

Population

Year	Village population	Municipal district population
1981	366	-
1991	166	-
2001	363	692

Other

Mataranga has a school, a church, and a square (plateia), its nearest school and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Lappa.

See also

• List of settlements in the Achaea prefecture

External links

• Homepage of the municipality of Larissou (Greek)

References