Borsi, Greece

Borsi (Greek, Modern: Μπόρσι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms: Borsio and Borsion, is a hillside community in Greece, connected with a road to the Peneus Dam, Lechaina and Varda. It is part of the municipality of Lechaina. The prefecture of Achaia is located to the northeast. In the 19th century, the community was part of the old municipality of Kalotychias. It became a settlement of Melissa when it became a part of the present-day municipality. Later, it became a separate commune again and later a municipal district in the late-1990s and became the municipality of Lechaina.

Distances

It is located about 17 km E of Lechaina, about 15 km S of Varda, about 70 km WSW of Patras, about 4 km NE of the Peneus dam and about 50 km N of Pyrgos via roads.

Nearest places

*Nisi, north
*Aetorrachi, northeast
*Kentro, south
*Olga, southwest
*Agios Charalambos, northwest

Population

Geography

*Location:
**Longitude: 22.437 (22° 26' 16") E
**Latitude: 37.541 (37° 55' 38") N
*Postal code: 270 52
*Elevation: 170 m
*Dialing code: +11+30-26230 (030-26230)-61

The hills are to the south and are covered with dry grass with a few forests. The hills also contains some forests. The road to Kentro and Gastouni are to the south. Valleys are around the Borsi area and has some streams and creeks. Farmlands are to the southwest and to the southeast. Forests cover the southern and the eastern parts. Groves dominates the northern part. The junction with Lechaina and Aetorrachi is 1 km north and Tragano, Markopoulo and Olga are 1 km SW. The village length is about 400 m from north to south. The taller hills are to the northeast and mount Scollis lies about 10 km east. The panorama of the southern Ionian can rarely be seen.

Information

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, several buildings were rebuilt. Paved road and automobiles arrived in the 1950s, electricity and television in the 1970s and the 1980s and computer and internet by the turn of the millennium.

Other

Borsi has a small kindergarten school, a school, a church and a square ("plateia") which is next to the Kentro - Varda main road. The entire population prior to the late-20th century were entirely rural and were also farmers. Today, it is still the majority of the population of the settlement.

External links

* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Borsi&country=GR Mapquest - Borsi]

ee also

*List of settlements in the Ilia prefecture