Mavria
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Mavria 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 around 15 km (northwest of Megalopoli, about 30 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...

, about 8 km southeast 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 about 45 km 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...

. Mavria had a population of 49 in 2001. Mavria 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...

. Mavria is linked with road connecting 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) and 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...

. The ancient city of Trapezus
Trapezus, Arcadia
Trapezus is an ancient city located in the municipality of Gortyn. Trapezus dates back to ancient times...

 is west of the village.

Nearest places

  • Kalyvakia, northeast
  • Katsimpalis, east
  • 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...

  • Kourounios
    Kourounios
    Kourounios is a Greek village in the southwest of Arcadia. Kourounios is connected with the road linking the GR-76 . Kourounios had a 2001 population of 80 for the village...

    , west
  • 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...

    , northwest

Geography

Mavria is about 1 km west of the Peloponnese's longest river, the Alfeios. The mountains cover the western portion of the area where the elevation reaches up to about 800 m. Forests dominate the western and the central parts, farmlands are in the central and eastern parts. Its panorama includes the Lykaio mountains to the west, the mountains to the north and east and the south.

Population

Year Population
1981 95
1991 124
2001 49

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