Elliniko in western Arcadia

Arcadia

Arcadia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 is a village on a road in the middle between Dimitsana

Dimitsana

Dimitsana is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is built on the ruins of the ancient town Teuthis...

 and Megalopolis

Megalopolis, Greece

Megalópoli is a town in the western part of the peripheral unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis . "Megalopolis" is a Greek word for Great city. When it was founded, in 371 BC, it was the first urbanization in rustic and primitive Arcadia. In...

. It is part of the municipal unit of Trikolonoi

Trikolonoi

Trikolonoi is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit includes the villages of Stemnitsa , Syrna, Pavlia, Palamari and Elliniko. Stemnitsa is...

. The population is tiny, and olive trees dominate agriculturalism. It is the birthplace of the previous mayor of Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 until 2002, Avramopoulos. It is located about 23 km S of Dimitsana, about 15 km SW of Stemnitsa, about 50 km W of Tripoli

Tripoli, Greece

Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...

, nearly 29 km NW of Megalopolis

Megalopolis, Greece

Megalópoli is a town in the western part of the peripheral unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis . "Megalopolis" is a Greek word for Great city. When it was founded, in 371 BC, it was the first urbanization in rustic and primitive Arcadia. In...

, 4 km N of Karitaina and GR-76 8 km SW of Stemnitsa and nearly 29 km E of Andritsaina

Andritsaina

Andritsaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit...

.

Nearest places

• Stemnitsa, north
• Pavlia
  Pavlia
  Pavlia , is a Greek village located around 15 km northwest of Megalopoli, about 30 km southeast of Andritsaina, about 8 km southeast of Karytaina, about 45 km west-southwest of Tripoli and about 25 km southeast of Dimitsana. Its ancient name was Oureo. Pavlia is in the...
  
  , east
• Karitaina, southwest
• Atsicholos
  Atsicholos
  -Nearest places:*Maratha , west*Stemnitsa, northeast*Elliniko, east*Karytaina, south-Information:Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common...
  
  , west-northwest

Geography

The mountains dominate the area in a hilly form and a taller one to the south and east. It is filled with farmlands and groves in the central part. The Loussios

Loussios

The Lousios is a river and a gorge in western Arcadia that stretches from Karytaina north to Dimitsana in Greece. The river begins near Lykochori and flows into the Lousios Gorge. The river is treacherous and flows rapidly. It empties into the Alfeios 2.5 km northwest of Karytaina and south of...

 flows to the west and featuyres the gorge. Forests covers a small fraction of the village, grasslands and bushes and unvegetated parts covers the gorge and the eastern part with treacherous slopes where the road is narrowly two lanes that are impassible in some parts.

Population

Year	Population
1981	401
1991	349
2001	367

The population from 1991 to 2001 revived growth and was one of the only places in the municipality that saw population increase.

History

Modern Elliniko is one of the current villages founded by the people of Ancient Gortys (Arcadia). Until the beginning of the 20th century, the village was known as Moulatsi. The economy has always based in agriculture, and feta cheese from goat herding is the village's main product. Until the pavement of the road and the one linking Karytaina and Dimitsana in the mid-20th century, the village didn't had paved roads or electricity. Until the mid-1980s, much of the houses were stone-built. Until the pavement of the road and the one linking Karitaina and Dimitsana in the mid-20th century, the village didn't had paved roads or electricity. Until the mid-1980s, much of the houses were stone-built. In 2001, a fire consumed much of the forest north and east of Elliniko. It burnt trees, farms, and it was burning for a few days. The consumption was small.

External links

• History and Information about Elliniko