- Areti, Elis
Areti ( _el. Αρετή) is a community located about 500 m north of GR-9/
E55 at the community hall and a square ("plateia ") in the municipality ofLechaina and the prefecture ofIlia .Distances
Distance from
Lechaina is 5 km NE, 2 km W of Kourtesi, 55 km SW ofPatras and 42 km (old 44 km) NW of Pyrgos.Nearest places
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Kotychi , north)
*Kourtesi , east and south
*Agios Georgios, south
*Lechaina , southwest
*Agios Panteleimonas ,Veskoukeika , northern parth of Lechaina, westData
*Location:
**Latitude: 37.975 (37°58'21) N
**Longitude: 21.308 (21°18'8') E
*Postal code: 270 53
*Elevation: 5 m
*Dialing code: +30-26230-9Population
About the village
Areti has a small school, a church and a ("
plateia "). It has a train station with no building connecting the railway line with Patras -Kato Achaia - Lechaina - Amaliada - Pyrgos. Residential houses are within the road connecting the highway and theKotychi lagoon. Forests are founded in the west along with the small creek, grasslands within the Kotychi area, farmlands in the east and south and hills to its southeast. Its length is approximately 1.5 km from northwest to southeast and 200 to 300 m from southwest to northeast. Its main production are fruits and vegetables along with olives and a few cattle.The community includes the Kotychi lagoon is north of the village.
An archaeological site is located near Areti. Its name is Myrsini. It was known as Myrsinus during
Homer ic times and Myrtunitum in later times. Phone towers in Kourtesi are founded east of Areti at the communal boundary along with its municipal boundary with Vouprasias.ee also
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List of places in the Ilia prefecture External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4422 GTP - Areti]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=60978 GTP - Ancient Myrsini]
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.975&longitude=21.308&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.975&longs=21.308&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.9745,21.308 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.975&lon=21.308&=2 Yahoo! Maps]
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Arete
*List of places in the Ilia prefecture
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