Dafni, Arcadia

Dafni Δάφνη
Location
Dafni
Coordinates	37°21′N 22°17′E / 37.35°N 22.283°E / 37.35; 22.283Coordinates: 37°21′N 22°17′E / 37.35°N 22.283°E / 37.35; 22.283
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Peloponnese
Regional unit:	Arcadia
Municipality:	Tripoli
Municipal unit:	Valtetsi
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Community
- Population:	139
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	TP

Dafni (Greek: Δάφνη meaning laurel) 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 is also connected with the road linking the GR-7/E65 (Corinth - Tripoli - Kalamata) 6 km north along with the superhighway and Skortsinos.

Distances

Dafni is located about 21 km west of Tripoli, about 21 km east of Megalopoli and about 9 km south-southwest of Asea.

Subdivision

• Dafni, pop. 82
• Maniatis, pop. 57

Nearest places

• Kato Asea, north
• Maniati, south-southeast
• Paparis, west-northwest

Geography

Dafni is situated in a valley area separated from the rest of the villages. The mountains dominate the north and the southwest it contains plenty of valleys and streams and grasslands along with barren lands to the north and less to the southwest, Tsiberou mountain is to the southwest, forests dominate the western and the central portions. Farmlands are within the village area, the mountains are also around the area.

Population

History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece. The population lost since that time, the population lost by half between 1981 and 1991 and less between 1991 and 2001, much of the population has also aged.

Information

Its main industry are agriculture. Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common.

Paparis has several rural roads and approximately 6 to 9 km of hydro lines and roads, it also has approximately 8 to 10 km of rural roads.

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.

Panorama

The village offers panoramic views of the mountains around the area including the west, the north, the east, Tsiberou to the southeast and to the south.

Other

Dafni has a school, a church, and a square (plateia), its nearest lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Asea.

See also

• List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

External links

• History and Information about Dafni
• Dafni on the GTP Travel Pages

References