Valtetsi is a village and a former municipality in 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...

, Peloponnese, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality 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...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 1,842 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Asea

Asea, Greece

Asea is a village in Arcadia, Greece, in the middle of the southern Peloponnese peninsula. Asea is about 20 km from both Tripoli and Megalopoli, and 190 km from Athens. Asea was the seat of the municipality of Valtetsi...

. The municipality was recreated in the late-1990s. Valtetsi is located 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...

, north-northwest of Sparta

Sparta

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 and east of Megalopoli.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Valtetsi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Agriakona
  Agriakona
  Agriakona is a Greek village in the westcentral part of Arcadia. Agriakona had a 2001 population of 83 for the village. Agriakona is also connected with the road linking the GR-7/E65 10 km north along with the superhighway and Skortsinos.-Geography:Agriakona is situated in a valley area...
  
  
• Ampelaki (Ampelaki, Lianos)
• Arachamites
• Asea
  Asea, Greece
  Asea is a village in Arcadia, Greece, in the middle of the southern Peloponnese peninsula. Asea is about 20 km from both Tripoli and Megalopoli, and 190 km from Athens. Asea was the seat of the municipality of Valtetsi...
  
  (Asea, Kato Asea)
• Athinaio
  Athinaio
  Athinaio is a Greek village in the westcentral part of Arcadia. Athinaio is in the municipal unit of Valtetsi. Athinaio had a 2001 population of 149 for the village and 183 for the municipal district...
  
   (Athinaio, Marmaria)
• Dafni
  Dafni, Arcadia
  Dafni is a Greek village in the westcentral part of Arcadia. Dafni is in the municipal unit of Valtetsi. Dafni had a 2001 population of 82 for the village and 139 for the municipal district...
  
   (Dafni, Maniatis)
• Dorizas
• Kaltezes (Kaltezes, Kouvelia)
• Kerastaris
  Kerastaris
  Kerastaris is a Greek village in the westcentral part of Arcadia Kerastaris is in the municipal unit of Valtetsi. Kerastaris is also connected with the road linking the GR-7/E65 3.5 km south and a rural road.-Distances:Kerastaris is located about 23 km west of Tripoli and about...
  
  
• Manaris
  Manaris
  Manaris is a Greek village in Arcadia, at the southeastern end of the plain of Asea....
  
  
• Mavrogiannis
• Palaiochouni
  Palaiochouni
  Palaiochouni is a Greek village located around 10 km east of Megalopoli, 5 km west from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 , and about 23 km west-southwest of Tripoli. Palaiochouni is connected with the GR-7...
  
  
• Paparis
  Paparis
  Paparis is a Greek village in the westcentral part of Arcadia. Paparis is in the municipal unit of Valtetsi. Paparis is connected with the road linking the GR-7/E65 6 km north along with the superhighway and Skortsinos...
  
  
• Valtetsi
  Valtetsi (village)
  The village named Valtetsi is located in the Central Peloponessus at a distance of 12 km. west of Tripolis and an altitude of 1.050 mts...
  
  

Population

Year	Municipality population
1991	2,222
2001	1,842

Geography

Its geography are mainly of mountains around the area, it has farmlands situated in valley areas including the central part that includes Asea and by its nearby villages. Forests dominate the middle to mid-higher elevations except for Tsibero which are mainly rocky and bushy.