Kato Asea

Kato Asea or Kato Assea (Greek: Κάτω Ασέα), also with a and an e accented. is a Greek village in the westcentral part of the Arcadia prefecture. Kato Asea is in the municipal district of Asea and the municipality of Valtetsi. Kato Asea had a 2001 population of 56 for the settlement. Kato Asea is also connected with the road linking the GR-7/E65 (Corinth - Tripoli - Kalamata) 2 km south and Asea.

Distances

Kato Asea is located about 16 km west of Tripoli, about 18 km east of Megalopoli and about 6 km north of Paparis.

Nearest places

*Paparis, southwest
*Athinaio, west
*Asea, northwest

Geography

Kato Asea is situated in a valley area separated from the rest of the villages. The mountains dominate much of the area and it contains plenty of valleys and streams and grasslands along with barren lands to the east, the 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 2001. The Alfeios is 3 km to the south.

Information

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

Kato Asea thas several rural roads and approximately 4 to 5 km of hydro lines and roads, it also has approximately 8 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

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

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

External links

* [http://aseavillage.tripod.com/ A web page about Asea & Kato Asea]
* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/katoasea.htm History and Information about Kato Asea]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8838 Kato Asea on the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and Aerial Photos:
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*Coordinates: coord|37|44|56|N|22|17|0|E|type:city_(56)_region:GR