Kerasitsa, Arkadia

Kerasitsa (Κερασίτσα) Arkadia

Kerasitsa is a settlement in the prefecture of Arcadia in the Peloponnese. It is built in the plain of Tegea at an altitude of 691 meters and is located 10 km south of the capital of the prefecture, Tripoli. [1] According to the 2011 census, its population is 317 permanent residents, [2] who are mainly engaged in agricultural work and trade. [1]

General and historical data


During the Turkish occupation, Kerasitsa was a free village and not a tsifliki. [3] After independence, many families left it to settle in the Kallians of mountainous Corinth, [4] while in 1851, according to statistics available to Iakovos Rizos Ragavis, its population was 321 (69 families). engaged in agriculture. [5] In the following years, despite its proximity to Tripoli, Kerasitsa was isolated until 1888, the year the construction of the Tripoli-Sparta road began, which gave impetus to the social and economic life of the village. [6] Later, in 1928, it appears to have a population of 545 inhabitants and a primary school, [7] while in 1998 a traditional settlement was declared (along with other villages in the wider area). [8]

Road of the village

Administratively, in 1835 it was annexed to the municipality of Tegea, where it remained until 1912, when it was declared the seat of a community in the province of Mantineia. In 1997 it became part of the Kapodistrian municipality of Tegea, while from 2011 it belongs to the municipality of Tripoli. [2]

Politicians Grigoris Lambrakis and Theodoros Lambrakis (brother of the former) and the poet Mitsos Katsinis (1918 - 2000) were born in Kerasitsa. [9] [10]

Population censuses
Census 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 1991 2001 2011
Population 545 [7] 558 [11] 489 [11] 443 [11] 345 [11] 324 [11] 316 [11] 312 317 [2]

References

"Kerasitsa". arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr. University of Patras - The Arcadia Project and Portal. July 13, 2002. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
"Kerasitsa (the) Municipality of Tripoli Local Community of Kerasitsa. Arcadia - Peloponnese ". dhmos.gr. Municipalities, cities and villages of Greece. Retrieved December 21, 2016. [dead link]
The Historical Magazine, Melissa Publishing House, issue 33, 2000, p. 244.
Corinthian Studies Archive, Volume 1, Union of Corinthians, 1971, p. 415.
Iakovou R. Ragavi, The Greek. that is, a geographical, historical, archaeological and statistical description of ancient and modern Greece, From the printing house of K. Antoniadou, In Athens, 1853, volume two, pp. 714 - 715.
Nikolaou D. Moraitis, History of Tegea. From ancient times to the present, 1932, p. 526.
Contemporary Encyclopedia Eleftheroudaki, fifth edition, modernized by supplement by volume, Encyclopaedic Publications of N. Nikas and Co. EE, Athens, volume 14, p. 526.
Alexandra Lappa, Cultural Heritage Management: The Case of Post-Byzantine and Modern Worldly Monuments in Arcadia, Harokopio University, PhD Thesis, Athens 2016, p. 260.
Irini Savvidou, Birds in Greek Poetry. From Homer to the present day, Krini publications, Athens, 1991, p. 509.
Giannikopoulos, Elias. "The Contribution of the Arcadians to Modern Greek Poetry". arcadians.gr. Arkades esmen. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
Michael Stamatelatos - Fotini Vamba-Stamatelatou, Abbreviated Geographical Dictionary of Greece, Hermes, Athens 2001, p. 340.

Municipal unit Tegea
Community Alea
Alea (Αλέα, η)
Community Vouno
Vouno (Βουνόν, το)
Community Garea
Garea (Γαρέα, η)
Community Episkopi
Episkopi (Επισκοπή, η)
Community Kamari
Kamari (Καμάρι, το)
Community Kandalos
Kandalos (Κάνδαλος, ο)
Community Kerasitsa
Kerasitsa (Κερασίτσα, η)
Community Lithovounia
Lithovounia (Λιθοβούνια, τα)
Community Magoula
Giokaraiika (Γιοκαραίικα, τα)
Magoula (Μαγούλα, η)
Community Manthyrea
Manthyrea (Μανθυρέα, η)
Community Mavriki
Mavriki (Μαυρίκι, το)
Community Rizes
Rizes (Ρίζες, οι)
Community Stadio
Agios Sostis (Άγιος Σώστης, ο)
Akra (Άκρα, η)
Stadio (Στάδιο, το)
Community Strigkos
Demiri (Δεμίρι, το)
Strigkos (Στρίγκος, ο)
Community Tzivas
Tzivas (Τζίβας, ο)
Community Psili Vrysi
Μπουζαναίικα, τα
Psili Vrysi (Ψηλή Βρύση, η)

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