Theisoa, Greece

Theisoa, also Theissoa, Thisoa and Thissoa (Greek: Θεισόα) is a little village near Andritsaina, its 2001 population was 129 for the village and is ranked 6th in the municipality. Until the 20th century, the village was known as Lavda. Theisoa is connected with the GR-76 (Megalopoli - Andritsaina - Krestena) and serves a road with Matesi.

Nearest places

*Matesi, east

Distances

Theisoa is approximately 25 km west-northwest of Megalopoli, about 15 km west of Karytaina, east of Andrtisaina and southeast of Pyrgos and Krestena.

Population

In 1903 my grandfather,George Stavropoulos left the village of what was then called Lavda and in September of the same year arrived and settled in Cape Town,South Africa.Here he met his future wife Fanny.He started what became a successful small business.They had two children both deceased.The remaining family members are still living in Cape Town.

Geography

Theisoa is situated on a mountain slope, a small mountain is east of the village and its road encircles to the north, the mountains dominate the area, the forests are to the west and north and the Alfeios river lies to the north, farmlands are within the vicinity of the village.

Information

Theisoa has approximately 10 km of paved roads and 10 km of gravel roads. Theisoa also has approximately 10 km of hydro lines as well as phone lines.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially Patras. The population remained steady since the mid to late 20th century. 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. The population stabily grew between 1981 and 2001.

The village was endangered by a fire in 2007 that arrived from the south of the banks of the Alfeios, flames plundered the forests around the area and changed its geographical shape to an ashy situation, some flames came from the souhtwest which included Varvasaina and Platanos. Firefighters battled the blaze along with choppers and airplanes and began between 2 to 4 PM (14:00 to 16:00) on Monday August 27 and continued through the afternoon and evening hours, the southern portion was partially unaffected. It transformed into an ugly not so beautiful scene that became all burnt and grey, the air became stale and may take several years to recover the forests, planting will rarely be done.

Economy

Its main production are fruits, vegetables, olives and cattle along with businesses and services. The majority of the production are olives.

Other

Theisoa has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a church, and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest gymnasium (secondary school) and banks are in Andritsaina and its nearby hospital is in Pyrgos.

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4635 Theissoa GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.51&longitude=21.9598&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.51&longs=21.9598&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.51,21.9598 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.51&lon=21.9598&=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|37|20|29|N|21|57|38|E|type:city(129)_region:GR

ee also

*List of settlements in the Elis prefecture