- Rapsommati
Rapsommati or Rapsomati ( _el. Ραψομμάτη), older forms Rapsommatis, Rapsomatis, is a village within the
municipality ofMegalopoli in the southwestcentral part of the prefecture ofArcadia . It is located 38 km (old: 40 km ) SW of Tripoli, about six km west of Anemodouri, about 16 km W from Anavryto, about 8 or 9 km north fo Routsi, 6 km southeast of Megalopoli, about 12 km northeast ofLeontari , 59 km ENE ofKalamata and E ofKyparissia . A tunnel located NE of the community is named after this place, the Rapsommati Tunnel or officially theArtemissio Tunnel which is passed by GR-7/E65 (Tripoli - Kalamata).Nearest places
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Mallota , north-northwest
*Marmaria, east
*Anemodouri southeast
*Routsi , S
*Perivolia, WGeography
*Location:
**Latitude: 37.381 (37° 22' 48") N
**Longitude: 21.993 (21° 11' 28") E
*Postal code: 222 00
*Elevation: 560 m
*Dialing code: +11+30-27910 (030-27910)Much of the community are covered with forests whose tree's height is no more than 10 or 15 m except for a few pine trees. Mountains are to the east and the south and is not far from the
SPAP /OSE railway line linking Kalamata, Tripoli,Argos andCorinth . TheAlfeios River flows to the southeast and features a gorge that a two-lane highway does not run.Historical population
Information
The population between 1981 and 1991 was one of the few villages in the province that recovered its population. The 2001 census showed that the population lost more than one-third by 3% from the 1991 census. The only area that lost its forests was for the construction of the superhighway between Tripoli and Kalamata which began in
2000 and finished in2003 to make the route easier from difficult mountain curvy roads. It was half complete in2002 and opened a tunnel namedArtemisio Tunnel . The total length is 1.365 km/1,365 m. The highway in 2003 was opened to traffic. The superhighway runs in the northwestern and the northern parts.Other
Rapsommati has a school, a church, a post office and a square ("
plateia "). The village also has a spring in the area.External links
* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/rapsomati.htm History and Information about Rapsommati]
ee also
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List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture
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