Drosia, Achaea

Drosia Δροσιά
Location
Drosia
Coordinates	37°54′N 21°44′E / 37.9°N 21.733°E / 37.9; 21.733Coordinates: 37°54′N 21°44′E / 37.9°N 21.733°E / 37.9; 21.733
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	West Greece
Regional unit:	Achaea
Municipality:	Erymanthos
Municipal unit:	Tritaia
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	382
Community
- Population:	816
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max):	0 - 570 m ­(0 - 1870 ft)
Postal:	251 00
Auto:	AX

Drosia (Greek: Δροσιά) is a Greek village in southern Achaea. Drosia is located south of Patras, west of Kalavryta, northwest of Tripoli, north of Lampeia and northeast of Pyrgos. The GR-33 (Patras - Tripoli) is to the west. Alpochori had a 2001 population of was 382 for the village and 816 for the municipal district. The village was known as Prostovitsa (Προστοβίτσα) until the early 20th century. The area is 32 km².

Subdivisions

• Agrapidia (pop. 201)
• Koumperi (pop. 132)
• Pteri (pop. 101)

Nearest places

• Agios Dimitrios

Population

Year	Population	Change	District population	Change
1981	1,004	-	-	-
1991	210	-794/-79.08%	673	-
2001	382	+172/+81.9%	816	-146/-25.61%

Geography

Drosia is by the foot of the Erymanthos mountains. Its geography are mare up of farmlands that dominate the valley areas and are mainly consists of groves that are in the western part, the mountains covers the eastern part. It offers a view of Erymanthos, the valley and Mount Skollis.

History

In the area of Drosia features an ancient city known as Eupagion (Ευπάγιον, modern: Efpagio). It was later ruled by the Romans, the Byzantines, the Franks, the Ottoman Turks and the Venetians in the mid to late-15th century and from the late-17th century until the early-18th century when it returned again to the Ottoman hands. Drosia was finally Greek after the Greek War of Independence of 1821, from the village featured revolutionary leaders including Konstantinos Giannias and Giorgos Giannias. Drosia first became a part of the municipality of Erymanthia in 1836 and remained until 1841, it became a part of the then municipality of Tritaia until 1912, it was a community between 1912 and 1998 under the Capodistrian Plan, it returned into the municipality of Tritaia since that time.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. The population declined until 1991, but it slowly recovered by 20% between 1991 and 2001.

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. Most of the homes are abandoned today.

Economy

Its main production are olives along with fruits including watermelon, melon, figs and vegetables including corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cucumbers and others as well as dairy, livestock and others in small numbers, much of the farlmands are mainly groves and vines. The majority of the population are based in agriculture as well as some other businesses.

See also

• List of settlements in the Achaea prefecture

References

External links

• Alpochori GTP Travel Pages