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Kalalvryta or Kalavrita (Greek: Καλάβρυτα) is a town, a province and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the prefecture of Achaia. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is the largest municipality covering about 18% of the prefecture and is the leastly populated municipality in density. It also has the most number of communes in the prefecture. It is located approx. 40 km S of Aigio, 38 km S of GR-8/E65, about 190 km W of Athens, about 85 km NNW of Tripoli and about 130 km NE of Olympia.
Nearest places
Rigoi NE
Division of the municipality of Kalavryta, population 8580 in 2001:
- Kalavryta / Δ.δ. Καλαβρύτων [ 1.942 ]
- Kalavryta / τα Καλάβρυτα [ 1.747 ]
- Avlon / ο Αυλών [ 45 ]
- Vrachnion / το Βραχνίον [ 26 ]
- Krastikoi / οι Κραστικοί [ 73 ]
- Moni Agias Lavras (monastery) / η Μονή Αγίας Λαύρας [ 22 ]
- Souvadron / το Σούβαρδον [ 29 ]
- Ano Vlasia / Δ.δ. Άνω Βλασίας -- η Άνω Βλασία [ 326 ]
- Ano Lousoi / Δ.δ. Άνω Λουσών -- οι Άνω Λουσοί [ 207 ]
- Valta / Δ.δ. Βάλτας -- η Βάλτα [ 88 ]
- Vilivina / Δ.δ. Βιλιβίνης -- η Βιλιβίνα [ 104 ]
- Goumenissa / Δ.δ. Γουμένισσας (Βρυσαρίου) -- η Γουμένισσα (τ. Βρυσάριον) [ 320 ]
- Doumena / Δ.δ. Δουμενών -- τα Δουμενά [ 169 ]
- Drosaton / Δ.δ. Δροσάτου -- το Δροσάτον [ 222 ]
- Kallifonion / Δ.δ. Καλλιφωνίου -- το Καλλιφώνιον [ 123 ]
- Kandalos / Δ.δ. Κανδάλου -- ο Κάνδαλος [ 95 ]
- Kato Vlasia / Δ.δ. Κάτω Βλασίας [ 280 ]
- Kato Vlasia / η Κάτω Βλασία [ 218 ]
- Menychataiika / τα Μενυχταίικα [ 20 ]
- Metochion / το Μετόχιον [ 42 ]
- Moni Agiou Nikolaou Vlasias (monastery) / η Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Βλασίας [ 0 ]
- Kato Zachlorou / Δ.δ. Κάτω Ζαχλωρούς [ 112 ]
- Kato Zachlorou / η Κάτω Ζαχλωρού [ 101 ]
- Ano Zachlorou / η Άνω Ζαχλωρού [ 3 ]
- Moni Megalou Spilaiou (monastery) / η Μονή Μεγάλου Σπηλαίου [ 8 ]
- Kato Lousoi / Δ.δ. Κάτω Λουσών [ 129 ]
- Kato Lousoi / οι Κάτω Λουσοί [ 111 ]
- Lousikon / το Λουσικόν [ 18 ]
- Kerpini / Δ.δ. Κερπινής -- η Κερπινή [ 207 ]
- Kertezi / Δ.δ. Κερτέζης -- η Κέρτεζη [ 460 ]
- Korfes / Δ.δ. Κορφών -- οι Κορφές [ 174 ]
- Kouteli / Δ.δ. Κούτελης -- η Κούτελη [ 161 ]
- Kryonerion / Δ.δ. Κρυονερίου -- το Κρυονέριον [ 133 ]
- Lagovounion / Δ.δ. Λαγοβουνίου -- το Λαγοβούνιον [ 92 ]
- Lapanagoi / Δ.δ. Λαπαναγών -- οι Λαπαναγοί [ 57 ]
- Manesion / Δ.δ. Μανεσίου Καλαβρύτων [ 409 ]
- Manesion / το Μανέσιον [ 303 ]
- Bouboukas / ο Μπούμπουκας [ 106 ]
- Mikros Pontias / Δ.δ. Μικρού Ποντιά [ 534 ]
- Mikros Pontias / ο Μικρός Ποντιάς [ 167 ]
- Karousion / το Καρούσιον [ 150 ]
- Lompokas / ο Λομποκάς [ 53 ]
- Megas Pontias / ο Μέγας Ποντιάς [ 164 ]
- Petsakoi / Δ.δ. Πετσάκων [ 205 ]
- Petsakoi / οι Πετσάκοι [ 176 ]
- Bosi / το Μπόσι [ 29 ]
- Plataniotissa / Δ.δ. Πλατανιωτίσσης [ 306 ]
- Plataniotissa / η Πλατανιώτισσα [ 260 ]
- Digela / η Δίγελα [ 39 ]
- Spartinou / η Σπαρτινού [ 7 ]
- Priolithos / Δ.δ. Πριολίθου -- ο Πριόλιθος [ 309 ]
- Profitis Ilias / Δ.δ. Προφήτου Ηλιού [ 147 ]
- Profitis Ilias / ο Προφήτης Ηλίας [ 71 ]
- Mourikion / το Μουρίκιον [ 76 ]
- Rogoi / Δ.δ. Ρογών -- οι Ρογοί [ 147 ]
- Sigounion / Δ.δ. Σιγουνίου [ 137 ]
- Sigounion / το Σιγούνιον [ 104 ]
- Lefki / η Λεύκη [ 33 ]
- Skepaston / Δ.δ. Σκεπαστού -- το Σκεπαστόν [ 531 ]
- Trechlon / Δ.δ. Τρεχλού [ 306 ]
- Trechlon / το Τρεχλόν [ 240 ]
- Lapatheia / η Λαπάθεια [ 66 ]
- Flampoura / Δ.δ. Φλαμπούρων [ 148 ]
- Flampoura / τα Φλάμπουρα [ 68 ]
- Neochorion / το Νεοχώριον [ 52 ]
- Ortholithion / το Ορθολίθιον [ 28 ]
Kertezi
Kertezi is a mountain village (alt. c. 822 m) west of Kalavryta. Kertezi existed earler than 23. 5. 1402 as mentioned in a manuscript. In 1700 the population of the village (known as Grimani in that time) was 245. In 1870 Kertezi was the seat of the municipality of Kallifonias until 1914
Kalavryta , Source
Kalavryta Google Earth (North of the town a airplane on the mountain)
Historical population
| Year |
Communal population |
Municipal population |
| 1981 |
2015 |
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| 1991 |
2111 |
8306 |
| 2001 |
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8609 |
The village has a small school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a small post office, banks, a train station and a square (plateia).
The climate is a little cooler that the lowlands and receives some snow during the winter months but on Chelmos/Aroania, summers are a little cooler than Kalavryta and winter is very common which is used for skiing.
Much of the municipality are forested and mountains except for the southeast and southwest. The rest of the land are farmlands.
It was the first places where the Greek War of Independence in 1821 began.
Monastery "Agia Lavra" 5km from Kalavryta , according to a legend the standard of the Revolution of 1821 was raised here
Mega Spileo Monastery, outside Kalavryta , Mount Chelmos
Kalavryta, Resistance 1941/44
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Kalalvryta Holocaust Monument for the victims of German Occupation. "The grieving Mother" sculpture by Anna Vafia.
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Kalalvryta Holocaust Monument of the Kalavrita Massacre 13. Dec. 1943, Image taken by Konstantinos Dafalias,8. Sep. 2004
Kalavryta is marked by a holocaust, during the Nazi occupation, in World War II. On 13 December 1943 the Nazi troops ordered all male residents, aged 14 years and up, to gather in a field just outside the village. There, they machine-gunned down almost all 700 of them. Only about 13 survived.
Diakopto Kalavrita Railway [Source]
The famous Diakopto-Kalavryta Railway was built by Italian engineers between 1885 and 1895. It is the southern terminus. The railway runs through a gorge but for the southern part runs within the road linking Kalavryta and Trapeza. Its length is 22 km and the journey is 68 min long.
Kalavryta also has a famous Cave Lakes which is filled with lakes inside that cave in the southeast. Kalavryta also has the Kalavryta Ski Centre which is located east of town, situated on the slopes of mount Aroania (Chelmos) at 2,341 m is the tallest in Achaia.
Kalavrita, the rock of Mega Spilio, Konstantinos Maleas ,32 cm x 40 cm , Averof Pinakothek, Metsovo
The monastery is located on a hill situated 8 km SW via the road from Kalavryta. Its elevation is abound 940 m. Another monastery is Mega Spilio which is located in the northeast.
| Statistics |
| Prefecture: |
Achaea |
| Province: |
Province of Kalavryta |
| Location: |
38 ° 1' 52'' N 22° 6' 32'' E |
| Area: |
531.8 km ²
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| Population: (2001) |
6,262
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Elevation:
-lowest:
-centre: |
around 500 m
758 m(centre)
around 2,341 m, Chelmos/Aroania |
| Postal code: |
250 01 |
| Area/distance code: |
11-30-26940 (030-26920)-2 |
| Municipal code: |
0709 |
| Car designation: |
AX |
| 3-letter abbreviation: |
KLV |
Massacre of Kalavryta
Axis occupation of Greece during World War II
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