Kamaritsa, Arcadia

Kamaritsa (Greek: Καμαρίτσα) is a Greek settlement located around 8 km (old: 7 km) south-southeast of Megalopoli, 3 km ESE from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli), about 53 km (old: 51 km) northeast of Kalamata, north of Leontari and about 42 km (old: 43 km) west-southwest of Tripoli. Kamaritsa is also in the municipal district of Leontari and the municipality of Megalopoli. Kamaritsa is connected with a road linking the Leontari-Sparta Road near the GR-7 and Routsi.

Nearest places

*Gefyra, north
*Routsi, east
*Leontari, north (4 km by road, 2 km direct)
*Kotsiridi, west-southwest

Geography

Kamaritsa is situated in a valley area, the Alpheus flows to the north with a tributary 1.5 km to the northwest. The geography consists of farmlands covering the central, and sporadically in the northern and the southern parts, the remainder of the land are forested that covers around one-third of the land, the hills dominate the southwestern part.The mountains which include the Lykaio can be seen to the west and east along with parts of Megalopoli, the mine and its power plant.

Population

History

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of its buildings were rebuilt. Electricity and automobiles were introduced in the 1960s, television and radio in the 1970s and pavement in the 1980s. On Saturday August 25 and Sunday August 26, 2007, an enormous forest fire consumed many forests and bushes to the area and several farmlands but much of them were safe from that danger. Firefighters along with its villagers, choppers and planes put out the fire and took days. The fire arrived in the morning hours when temperatures were at 42°C and winds were extremely high at 80 to 85 km/h. The fire slowly stopped but advanced into nearby Gefyra and Routsi.

Other

Kamaritsa has a church, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest school (since 2005) and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Megalopoli.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture