Farres (village)

"Pharae redirects here, for the ancient city in the modern Messinia prefecture, see Pharae, Messinia"

Farres or Fares (Greek, Modern: Φαρές, Ancient and Katharevousa: Φαραί); Latin form: Pharae, Ancient Greek form: Pharai is a Greek village located 14 km south of Patras, about 135 km northwest of Tripoli and 80 km west of Kalavryta. It is named after the Greek mythological legend Pharis, son of Philodameias and wife of Danae [ at the [http://el.wikisource.org Greek Wikisource] ] . Fares or Farres had a population of 476 for the village and 528 for the municipal district in 2001 for the village. Fares is also in the municipality of Farres. Farres is connected with the road linking the GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia and Fares as well as the GR-33 (Patras - Tripoli.

ubdivisions

*Prevedos

Nearest places

*Chalandritsa, east
*Isoma, west

Geography

Fares is situated in the Farres-Chalandritsa Plain that stretches from Kallithea down west of Skiada. The small mountains that stretches from south of Gomosto to Ovrya, the forests are sporadically founded. 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 are based in other businesses as well as agriculture. It has approximately 10 km of paved roads and hydro lines and not as much residential roads.

Residential and other buildings are within the main and farm roads.

Information

The origin of the name dates back to ancient times as Pharae of Pharai. It was located 50 stadia (9 km) from Patras and 100 from the sea (18 km) and was built by the banks of the Peiros. It was part of the Achaean Dynasty and later the Achaean League.

Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. Radio and automobiles arrived in the 1950s and television in 1980s, computer and Internet arrived in the late-1990s.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. In the 1970s, the new Patras Industrial Area was under construction and it completed with several factories and buildings in which it made Patras rich, most of the employees are from the Patras Area as well as a small number south and west of Greater Patras area. the GR-33 was also reconstructed in the 1970s and the 1980s and has been bypassed since that time.

Farres was strucked by an earthquake on February 5, 2008 and measured at 5.5 on the Richter scale. The first one was not epicentered, a half an hour later, another one occurred and epicentered at Farres, no damages were reported.

Population

Other

Fares has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a nearby gymnasium (secondary school), a church, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest school hospital is in Patras at Agios Andreas.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Achaea prefecture

References

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3532 Fares at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.086&longitude=21.70135&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.086&619=21.60135&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.086,21.70135 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.086&lon=21.70135&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.086,21.70135&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.086|21.70135&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|38|5|20|N|21|42|44|E|type:city(476)_region:GR