Isoma is a Greek

Greece

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 village located west of Fares, 17 km south of Patras

Patras

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, about 138 km northwest of Tripoli

Tripoli

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 and 83 km west of Kalavryta

Kalavryta

Kalavryta is a town and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the peripheral unit of Achaea, Greece. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is located approx...

. Isoma had a population of 539 in 2001 for the village. Isoma is in the municipal unit of Farres

Farres

Farres is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat of administration was in the town Chalandritsa. It is on a road connecting Patras and Kalavryta...

. Isoma is connected with the road linking the GR-9

Greek National Road 9

Greek National Road 9 is the second-longest national highway of Greece. It runs through the western Peloponnese, from Patras to Pylos. Its length is around .This highway travels near:*Bypasses:*Patras and Area, since 2002*Vrachneika*Alissos*Kato Achaia...

/E55

European route E55

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 (Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 - Pyrgos - Kyparissia

Kyparissia

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 and Fares as well as the GR-33

Greek National Road 33

Greek National Road 33 is a highway that runs from Patras, originally at Dimitris Gounaris Street, now begins at the beltway, and had a branch ending at Olympia, and ends near Vytina, and Levídi, and some think it still ends at Ellinikon near Andritsaina and Megalopolis...

 (Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 - Tripoli

Tripoli, Greece

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).

Geography

Isoma is situated between the Farres-Chalandritsa Plain that stretches from Kallithea down west of Skiada and the small mountains that stretches from south of Gomosto to Ovrya

Ovrya

Ovrya is a town in Greece, located just 3 mi directly south of Patras, and 4 mi south from the GR-33 highway. It is a suburb within the Patras metropolitan area. It was the seat of the former municipality of Messatida....

, the forests are sporadically founded. Its main production are fruits including watermelon, melon, figs and vegetables including corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cucumbers and others as well as dairy, livestock, olives and others. The majority of the population are based in other businesses as well as agriculture. It has approximately 10 km of paved roads and hydro lines and not as much residential roads.

Residential and other buildings are within the main and farm roads.

Information

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. Radio and automobiles arrived in the 1950s and television in 1980s, computer and Internet arrived in the late-1990s.

After World War II

World War II

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 and the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

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, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

. In the 1970s, the new Patras Industrial Area was under construction and it completed with several factories and buildings in which it made Patras rich, most of the employees are from the Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

Area as well as a small number south and west of Greater Patras area. the GR-33 was also reconstructed in the 1970s and the 1980s and has been bypassed since that time. The population slowly recovered between 1991 and 2001.

Population

Year	Population	Change
1981	531	-
1991	509	-22 or -4.143%
2001	539	+30 or +5.89%

External links

• http://www.farron.gr/districts/isoma.html
• Isoma at the GTP Travel Pages