Katsimbalis
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Katsimpalis 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 in the west-southwest of 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...

. Katsimpalis is in the municipal unit of Gortyna
Gortyna, Arcadia
Gortyna , is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat was in the village Karytaina...

. Katsimpalis is connected with the road linking 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...

 as well as 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...

 and Kato Rizospilia
Kato Rizospilia
Rizospilia is a Greek settlement in the municipal unit Dimitsana, western Arcadia prefecture. The community of Rizospilia consists of the villages Rizospilia and Kato Rizospilia . It is connected by road to Karytaina, Atsicholos and Dimitsana. The Elis prefecture is 1 km to the southwest...

 as well as the Karytaina-Dimitsana Road
Karytaina-Dimitsana Road
The Karytaina-Dimitsana Road is a 30-km long road that connects the two federal roads, the GR-76 near Karytaina and the GR-74 The Karytaina-Dimitsana Road is a 30-km long road that connects the two federal roads, the GR-76 near Karytaina and the GR-74 The Karytaina-Dimitsana Road is a 30-km long...

 and 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
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...

 - Megalopoli), several earthened roads and trails are nearby. The Elis prefecture
Elis Prefecture
Elis or Ilia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its capital is Pyrgos.-Geography:...

 is 1 km to the southwest over the Alfeios. Katsimpalis had a 2001 population of 61 for the settlement.

Distances

Katsimpalis is located about 7.5 km northwest 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...

 about 17 to 19 km northwest of 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...

, 9 km northwest of Megalopoli, 36 km east-northeast 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...

 about 64 km (old: 61 km) north of Kalamata
Kalamata
Kalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf...

 and about 42 km west of Tripoli
Tripoli
Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...

. The GR-7
Greek National Road 7
The Moreas Motorway is a motorway in Peloponnese, Greece. Locally it is known as the Moréas , which was the medieval name of the Peloponnese. The A7 begins just west of the Isthmus of Corinth, branching off from Greek National Road 8A...

, the older and the new route is 15 km to the southeast as well as the superhighway.

Nearest places

  • Zoni, northeast
  • Soulos, southeast
  • Kyparissia
    Kyparissia, Arcadia
    Kyparissia is a Greek village in the west-southwest of Arcadia. Kyparissia is in the municipal unit of Gortyna. Kyparissia is connected with the road linking the GR-76 and the Megalopoli-Lykaio Road, several earthened roads and trails are nearby...

    , southwest
  • Mavria
    Mavria
    Mavria , is a Greek village located around 15 km Mavria (Greek: Μαυριά), is a Greek village located around 15 km Mavria (Greek: Μαυριά), is a Greek village located around 15 km (northwest of Megalopoli, about 30 km southeast of Andritsaina, about 8 km southeast of Karytaina...

    , west
  • Kalyvakia, north-northwest

Geography

Katsimpalis is situated in a valley area . The Alfieos
Alfeios River
Alfeiós is the longest river in the Peloponnese, in Greece. The river is 110 km long, flowing through the prefectures of Arcadia and Ilia. Its source is near Megalopoli in the highlands of Arcadia. The river begins near Davia in central Arcadia, then flows between Leontari and Megalopoli through a...

 is approixmatley 3 km west. Farmlands dominate the central and the western portions, forests covers around the area at about 40 to 45% of the land. The Thoknia Mine lies to the south.

Information

Its main production are olive
Olive
The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...

s, citrus
Citrus
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...

, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common. The village can be seen as far as to the north and east.

Katsimpalis has several rural roads and approximately 5 km of hydro lines.

Its residential houses and buildings are within the main road and it is about 200 to 300 m long wide at the centre. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1970s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.

Population

Year Population
1981 80
1991 84
2001 61

History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and the Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...

, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece. One exception was that the population slightly boomed between the 1991 and the 2001 censuses.

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