Paos

Paos (Greek: Πάος), also with an a accented is a small village in the Achaia prefecture, Greece. It serves the seat of the municipality of Paion. Its 2001 population was 118 for the village and 279 for the municipal district.

ettlements

*Dechouneika or Dechounaiika
*Palaios Paos (formerly Neos Paos)
*Potamia
*Vessini

Nearest places

*Dafni, south
*Palaios Paos (formerly Neos Paos)

Population

Location and transportation

Paos is located south of Kalavryta, northwest of Levidi and Tripoli, east-northeast of Pyrgos, east of Lampeia and southeast of Patras. The GR-33 (Patras - Tripoli) is near the area.

The village has about 5 to 6 km of paved road and about 7 to 8 km of gravel road. It has about 6 to 8 km of hydro lines, phone lines are about 5 km.

Geography

Its geography consists of forests and grasslands, the forests covers much of the area with some grasslands in parts. Farmlands are within the village.

History

The location of the ancient city has been founded near the modern centre, of which the remainder remains to be unexcavated [ [http://www.styga.gr/index.php%3Fsid%3Db116a380b321c05ee71fd35878ffafa6%26act%3Ddetail%26article%3D141+%CE%A0%CE%AC%CE%BF%CF%82&hl=el&ct=clnk&cd=92&gl=gr styga.gr] ] . It founded ancient artifacts and remains by the walls which studied that it had a perimeter of 516 m, relics from the temple and other remaining buildings. In the city worshipped the "Dioscouroi" and said that 'Laphanis" which he welcomed into his house and those who pass by Paos [ [http://mercure.fltr.ucl.ac.be/Hodoi/concordances/herodote%5Fhistoriae%5F06/texte.htm Herodotus 6,127] ] . Paos in later years annexed with the neighboring Kleitor. When Pausanias visited the city, it was ruined and destroyed and said it was located by the side of the Soron"' Forest which was near the city of Seirai [ [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/archsites/xwroi/paos.htm arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr] ] [ Pausanias "Arcadica"] . After the Roman rule, its inhabitants lived in another village.

Its stream is located to the south, the plan had an almost a flat triangular shape with its point facing west with its Acropolis in the middle and some ancient buildings to the south, its springs used to be to the northeast with its aqueduct north of the old city.

Paos was ruled by the Ottoman Turks with the exception from 1681 until 1715 with the last of the Venetian rule, it became a part of Greece after the Greek War of Independence. It adopted its current name in the early 20th century in order to no longer remind of a name during the Turkish rule. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate and emigration will be to the lowest, the population lost by 40% between 1981 and 1991 and recovered between 1991 until 2001. Mesorrougi became connected with asphalt in the 1960s. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In the late-1990s, the ex-community (now a village) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Paion.

Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, its main production includes olives, cattle, fruits, vegetables and other crops.

Other

Paos has a school for the entire municipal district (the former community), a church, a post office, and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in Dafni.

ee also

*List of places in the Achaia prefecture

References

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3397 Paos at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.801&longitude=22.979&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=37.801&longs=21.979&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.801,21.979 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.801&lon=21.979&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.801,21.979&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.801|21.979&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|37|51|5|N|22|58|45|E|type:city(118)_region:GR