Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Achaia
Kato Vlasia (Κάτω Βλασία) Achaia
Kato Vlasia is a mountainous village in the Municipality of Kalavryta in the Prefecture of Achaia.
Location and general information
The village is built on Erymanthos, at an altitude of approximately 810 meters, on the edge of a dense fir forest. It resembles a protected castle-acropolis with stone houses built in steps on a steep hill, at the foot of which is the Selinountas River and at the top is the central church of the village dedicated to Saint Vlasios.
Higher up, on the top of a neighboring fir-covered hill that rises behind the settlement, is the historic Monastery of Saint Nicholas, while next to Kato Vlasia to the south and east are Ano Vlasia and Metochi respectively.
It is 26 kilometers from Kalavryta and 45 kilometers from Patras via the local road network.
Mountain tourism has long existed in the area, as the village was a well-known resort for decades and was an ideal place due to its relatively healthy climate, especially for patients with tuberculosis. Today, the wider area of Vlasia is suitable for activities such as hiking and mountaineering, while the village has a hotel, guesthouse, cafes, taverns and a grocery store. In the past, there was also a Primary School.
Community of Kato Vlasia
Kato Vlasia is the seat of the homonymous Community of the Municipality of Kalavryta, to which the settlements of Menykhtaika and Metochi also belong. According to the 2011 national census, Kato Vlasia as a settlement has a population of 115 residents, while the total population of the community amounts to 131 residents[1].
The Community of Kato Vlasia borders the communities of Ano Vlasia, Manesi, Profitos Ilias, Mikros Bondias and Lehouri, which fall under the Municipality of Kalavryta, as well as the communities of Lakkomati and Kombigadi, which fall under the Municipality of Erymanthos.
It is 26 kilometers from Kalavryta and 45 kilometers from Patras via the local road network.
The area has long been known for mountain tourism, as the village was a well-known resort for decades and was an ideal place due to its relatively healthy climate, especially for patients with tuberculosis. Today, the area of Vlasia has a hotel, a guesthouse, cafes, taverns and a grocery store.
The Cultural Naturalist Association of Kato Vlasia "Agios Vlasios" is based and active in the village, which was founded in 1983 and has been particularly active since then.
History
Establishment of the village
The first settlers of the village were a group of residents from Agios Vlasios in Aitoloakarnania, where in the early 16th century they left their place of residence when the situation there had become unbearable due to the barbarity and pressure they were subjected to by the regime of the Ottoman Empire and moved to the area where Kato Vlasia is located today.
Moreover, the conditions in the Peloponnese were more favorable for the Greeks than in Roumeli, during the period from 1687 to 1714, when after the sixth Venetian-Turkish war and the Treaty of Karlovitz (1699), the Morea came under Venetian rule.
Monastery of Saint Nicholas
Main article: Monastery of Saint Nicholas of Vlasia, Achaia
The historic Monastery of Saint Nicholas of Vlasia is located in the area. Although it is unknown when exactly it was built, according to tradition, it is said that its foundation dates back to the mid-10th century and its founders had initially chosen to build it in a different location than the one it is located in. However, when the first buildings they built collapsed and their tools were strangely found on the top of the mountain, they built the Monastery there, considering it to be the Saint's wish.
In the Monastery of Agios Nikolaos in July 1827, during the Revolution of 1821, a military force of approximately 1,100 Greeks who had fortified themselves around the Monastery, led by Vasilios Petimezas, tried to stop the advance of 3,000 Ottomans under Deli Ahmet, but failed[2].
During the Greek Civil War, on July 23, 1948, a battle was fought at the monastery between the forces of the National Army, which was using the area as a refuge, and the forces of the Democratic Army. In this battle, which lasted more than eight hours, the rebels finally retreated, having lost 68 men, while the losses of the National Army were 11 men, who are buried in a small cemetery on the northeastern side of the Monastery.
Administrative development
On December 8, 1845 (Government Gazette 32A), Kato Vlasia was annexed to the Municipality of Lapathos.
On August 28, 1912 (Government Gazette 256A) and with the establishment of the Communities, Kato Vlasia became an independent Community of the District of Kalavryta.
On December 4, 1997, with the "Kapodistrias Plan", it was annexed to the Municipality of Kalavryta and the area occupied by the former Community of Kato Vlasia was converted into a Municipal District of the Municipality.
On June 7, 2010 (Government Gazette 87A) with the "Kallikratis Program" the Municipality of Kalavryta merged with the Municipalities of: Aroania, Kleitoria and Pai to create the wider Municipality of Kalavryta and the Municipal District of Kato Vlasia was converted into a Local Community (now a Community of the Municipality, based on the reformative "Kleisthenis Program").
Demographics
Year Population Change
1981 259
1991 193 -25.48%
2001 218[3] +12.95%
2011 115[1] -47.25%
Persons
Theoklitos (Avrantini) (1921 - 2007), metropolitan of Aetolia and Acarnania[4]
Panagiotis K. Lagoumitzis, fighter of the 1921 war
See also
Ano Vlasia, Achaia
References
EL.STAT. - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2011
Papandreou 1906, p. 320
ESYE - Resident Population of Greece. Census 2001
Christos G. Evangelatos, Agia Lavra. History of the Holy Monastery 961 - 1961, 10th improved edition, Athens 1977, p. 115.
Sources
Results of the Population-Housing Census 2011 concerning the Permanent Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (December 28, 2012).
N.S.Y.E. - Permanent Population of Greece. Census 2001, Athens 2004. ISBN 960-86704-8-9.
Papandreou, Georgios (1906). Kalavrytine Yearbook: a treatise on the historical province of Kalavryta. Athens: Michael I. Saliveros.
Further reading
Louloudis, Theodoros H. (2010). Achaia. Settlements, settlers, self-government. Patras: Prefectural Cultural Development Enterprise of South-Eastern Achaia.
| Municipal unit Kalavryta |
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| Community Ano Vlasia |
| Ano Vlasia (Άνω Βλασία, η) |
| Community Ano Lousoi |
| Ano Lousoi (Άνω Λουσοί, οι) |
| Valvousa (Βαλβούσια, τα) [6] |
| Community Valta |
| Valta (Βάλτα, η) |
| Community Vilivina |
| Vilivina (Βιλιβίνα, η) |
| Community Goumenissa |
| Goumenissa (Γουμένισσα, η) |
| Community Doumena |
| Doumena (Δουμενά, τα) |
| Community Drosato |
| Drosato (Δροσάτο, το) |
| Community Kalavryta |
| Avlonas (Αυλών, ο) |
| Vrachni (Βραχνίο, το) |
| Kalavryta (Καλάβρυτα, τα) |
| Krastikoi (Κραστικοί, οι) |
| Moni Agias Lavras (Μονή Αγίας Λαύρας, η) |
| Souvardo (Σούβαρδο, το) |
| Stasi Kerpinis (Στάση Κερπινής, η) [7] |
| Community Kallifonio |
| Kallifonio (Καλλιφώνιο, το) |
| Community Kandalos |
| Kandalos (Κάνδαλος, ο) |
| Community Kato Vlasia |
| Kato Vlasia (Κάτω Βλασία, η) |
| Menychtaiika (Μενυχταίικα, τα) |
| Metochi (Μετόχι, το) |
| Moni Agiou Nikolaou Vlaias (Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Βλασίας, η) |
| Community Kato Zachlorou |
| Ano Zachlorou (Άνω Ζαχλωρού, η) |
| Kato Zachlorou (Κάτω Ζαχλωρού, η) |
| Moni Megalou Soilaiou (Μονή Μεγάλου Σπηλαίου, η) |
| Community Kato Lousoi |
| Kato Lousoi (Κάτω Λουσοί, οι) |
| Lousiko (Λουσικό, το) |
| Community Kerpini |
| Kerpini (Κερπινή, η) |
| Community Kertezi |
| Kertezi (Κέρτεζη, η) |
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| Community Kouteli |
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| Community Lagovouni |
| Lagovouni (Λαγοβούνι, το) |
| Community Lapanagoi |
| Lapanagoi (Λαπαναγοί, οι) |
| Community Manesi Kalavryton |
| Manesi (Μανέσι, το) |
| Bouboukas (Μπούμπουκας, ο) |
| Community Mikros Pontias |
| Karousi (Καρούσι, το) |
| Lompokas (Λομποκάς, ο) |
| Megas Pontias (Μέγας Ποντιάς, ο) |
| Mikros Pontias (Μικρός Ποντιάς, ο) |
| Community Petsakoi |
| Bosi (Μπόσι, το) |
| Petsakoi (Πετσάκοι, οι) |
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| Digela (Δίγελα, η) |
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| Spartinou (Σπαρτινού, η) |
| Community Priolithos |
| Priolithos (Πριόλιθος, ο) |
| Community Profitis Ilias |
| Mouriki (Μουρίκι, το) |
| Profitis Ilias (Προφήτης Ηλίας, ο) |
| Community Rogoi |
| Rogoi (Ρογοί, οι) |
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| Skepasto (Σκεπαστό, το) |
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| Lapatheia (Λαπάθεια, η) |
| Trechlo (Τρεχλό, το) |
| Community Flampoura |
| Neochori (Νεοχώρι, το) |
| Ortholithi (Ορθολίθι, το) |
| Flampoura (Φλάμπουρα, τα) |
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