Kato Karyes is a Greek

Greece

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

 village located approximately 10 km west of Megalopoli, about 45 km southeast 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...

, south of Karytaina

Karytaina

Karytaina is a village in Arcadia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Gortyna. Karytaina had a 2001 population of 204 for the village and 257 for the municipal district...

 and west-southwest 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...

. Kato Karyes had a population of 51 people according to the last census in the year 2001. Kato Karyes or Karyes is also a part of the municipality of Megalopoli. Kato Karyes is linked to a road connecting Lykaia

Lykaia

In Ancient Greece, the Lykaia was an archaic festival with a secret ritual on the slopes of Mount Lykaion , the tallest peak in rustic Arcadia. The rituals and myths of this primitive rite of passage centered upon an ancient threat of cannibalism and the possibility of a werewolf transformation...

 and Megalopoli, the road to Choremi

Choremi

Choremis is a Greek settlement located around 10 km souhtwest from Megalopoli and about 4 km northwest from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 . Choremis is a community of the municipality of Megalopoli. Choremis is connected with a road linking The GR-7 west-northwest of...

 and the road to Katsibali. The GR-76

Greek National Road 76

Greek National Road 76 is a west to east highway linking 2 km W of Krestena with GR-9/E55, Andritsaina and SE of Megalopoli . The highway west to Andritsaina is unofficially designated as GR-76 The west to east highway runs in the western and the central part of the Peloponnese...

 (Krestena

Krestena

Krestena is a town in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is the seat of administration....

 - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) are connected to the north and south of the village.

Nearest places

• Kyparissia, north-northeast
• Thoknia
  Thoknia
  Thoknia is a Greek settlement located around 9 km northwest of Megalopoli, about 41 km west of Tripoli, about 63 km northeast of Kalamata, and about 40 km southeast of Andritsaina. Thoknia had a population of 49 in 2001. Thoknia is in the municipality of Megalopoli...
  
  , east
• Apiditsa, southeast
• Kastanochori, west
• Isoma Karyon
  Isoma Karyon
  Isoma Karyon is a Greek village located approximately 10 km west-northwest from Megalopoli as well as from the non-freeway standard of GR-7/E65 otherwise known as the old road. Isoma Karyon belongs to the municipality of Megalopoli...
  
  , north-northwest

Geography

Kato Karyes is built by a river and located west of the Peloponnese's longest river, the Alfeios. The mountains cover the western part of the area whose altitude reaches up to approximately 800 m. The western and the central parts are mostly covered by forests, whereas farmlands are located mostly in the central and eastern parts. From Kato Karyes one can see the Lykaio

Lycaeus

Lykaion is a mountain in Arcadia. Lykaion has two peaks, the northern one higher than the southern , where the altar of Zeus is located. Mount Lykaion is sacred to Zeus Lykaios, who was said to have been born and brought up on it, and was the home of Pelasgus and his son Lycaon, who is said to...

mountain to the west, the mountains to the north, the east and the south.

Population

Year	Population
1981	88
1991	89
2001	51