Kourounios

Kourounios (Greek: Κουρουνιός) is a Greek village in the southwest of the Arcadia prefecture Kourounios is connected with the road linking the GR-76 (Krestena - Andritsaina - Megalopoli). Kourounios had a 2001 population of 80 for the village. Kourounios is located about 29 km northwest of Megalopoli, 35 km southeast of Andritsaina about 73 km (old: 71 km) north of Kalamata and about 52 west-southwest of Tripoli. The GR-7, the older and the new route is to the southeast as well as the superhighway.

Nearest places

*Karytaina, north
*Mavria, east
*Isoma Karyon, south
*Ano Karyes, west
*Kato Kotyli, northwest

Geography

Kourounios is situated in a mountainous slope of the Lykaio mountains and overlookis the valley and the Alfieos valley, The river is 4 km north. The area are made up of forests and grasslands as well as to the east. The mountains cover the area and are made up of rocks with grasslands and bushes along with a couple of forests and grasses and bushes around the areas. Farmlands are within the village area. A slopey part lies to the southwest where it has a curvy road at the Vasta-Megalopoli Road. It offers panoramic views of the mountains to the north as well as a part of the Lousios gorge, the east, the southeast and the south. Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common. The village can be seen as far as to the north and east.

Kourounios has several rural roads and approximately 10 km of hydro lines and 3 km of paved roads.

Its residential houses and buildings are within the main road and it is about 200 to 300 m long wide at the centre. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.

Population

History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece. One exception was that the population slightly grew between 1991 and 2001.

Other

Kourounios has a church, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest school and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Karytaina.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

External links

* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/kourounios.htm History and Information about Kourounios]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8532 Kourounios on the GTP Travel Pages]
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