Goumero

Goumero (Greek, Modern: Γούμερο, Katharevoussa: - "-n"-) is a village in Greece in the municipality of Oleni. Its 2001 population was 1,056 for the village which making it the most populated place and municipal district in the municipality after its seat Karatoula. It has an altitude of 600 metres. The village was known as Vroumero (Βρουμερό) until the early to mid 19th century.

Nearest place

*Agia Anna, east-northeast

Location

Goumero is located near Karatoula, south of Patras, north-northwest of Olympia, about 25 to 30 km northeast of Pyrgos and about 25 to 30 km east-southeast of Amaliada.

Population

Geography

Goumero is located on a mountain range that extends from Katakolo to southwestern Lasiona. Much of the area are forested to the west and the east, farmlands are within the village area and some valleys.

Information

Goumero has approximately 5 to 6 km of paved roads and 10 km of gravel roads. Goumero also has approximately 5 to 6 km of hydro lines as well as phone lines.

History

Goumero is built in an area in which in the Ancient times with Strabo was by Alesyo (Αλήσυον) or Alesaio or Aleseo (Αλησαίον), its modern form are Alesyon or Alissaio, they were one of the eight important cities in Pisatis. In the choreographic signs of the casle of Morea of Hopf in 1360 brought the name Vumero and was founded by the property of Robert of Taranto. In 1436, the base of the same source was named Vumeri. it was later renamed to Vumero. The largeness which brought which had from much earlier. The concrete ot the sharing of Nicobias dates back to 1300.

George Sphrantzes knew which had the area as a village with the name Vroumero and the professor Iliopoulos complemented as the area from dirt. In 1829, it became a part of the municipality of Goumeria with its seat in Goumero. The historian Georigos Papandreou that the first inhabitants were the Zipitaians (Ζιπιταίοι), after the destruction of the castle, its rubble still exist in the homonymous area of the village. The castle was built during the Medieval period.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt, emigration continued after the war as residents left for larger towns and cities around the country and the developed world.

Economy

Its residents live off agriculture.

Other

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

ee also

*List of places in the Ilia prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4429 Goumero GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
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**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|37|45|29|N|21|36|59|E|type:city(600)_region:GR