Ellinitsa

Ellinitsa (Greek: Ελληνίτσα) is a Greek settlement located around 15 km (old: 17 km) south of Megalopoli, 6 km south from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli), about 45 km northeast of Kalamata, about 4 to 5 km west of Leontari and about 43 km (old: 45 km) west-southwest of Tripoli. Ellinitsa had a population of 97 in 2001. Ellinitsa is also in the municipality of Falaisia. Ellinitsa is linked with the Paradeisia-Leontari Road, the rest of the roads are for forestry use.

Nearest places

*Veligosti, north
*Kalyvia, east
*Potamia, southeast
*Paradeisia, west

Geography

Ellinitsa is located on a mountain slope. The mountains cover the southern portions of the area where the elevation reaches up to 1,296 m. Forests dominate the western and the eastern parts, farmlands are in the middle of the valley. Its panorama includes the Lykaio mountains to the northwest, mountains to the north and east but it can rarely see the Mainalo mountains and to the west, the mountains to the south cannot be seen except for the eastern and the northern portions of the area.

Population

Unlike the other parts of Arcadia, the population saw growth along with Megalopoli and Tripoli and had been growing since 1981.

Other

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

External links

* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/ellinitsa.htm History and Information about Ellinitsa]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8883 Ellinitsa on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.34&longitude=22.1205&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.34&lons1=22.1205&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.3285,22.1205 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.34&lon=22.1205&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.34,22.105&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.34|22.1205&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|37|14|23|N|22|7|20|E|type:city(97)_region:GR

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture