DERVENI, ARCADIA

'Derveni' '''Δερβένι'''
Statistics
Prefecture:	Arcadia
Province:	Megalopolis
Municipality:	Megalopoli
Municipal district:	Souli
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	37.393 (37° 17' 30") N 22.028 (22° 22' 40E
Population: (2001)Percent of the municipality (village)	54 1.33%
Altitude:  -lowest:  -centre:	''Pamisos'' (around 150 m) 500 m 600 m (central)
Postal code:	GR-220 00
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-27430
Car designation:	TP

'Derveni' (Greek, Modern: Δερβένι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older spellings, 'Dervenio', 'Dervenion' is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. It was linked by GR-7/E65 which is now bypassed and the older one became an old highway. Distances from Megalopoli is aobut 12 km SW, about 60 km ESE of Andritsaina, approx. 8 km W of Leontari, about 42 km NE of Kalamata and ENE of Kyparissia. Corvy roads that lasted for around 10 km lie to the west.

Contents

Nearest places

Geography

Historical population

Other

External links

See also

Nearest places

★ Paradeisia

Geography

★ Location:

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★ Latitude: 37.292 (37° 17' 30') N

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★ Longitude: 21.028(21° 2' 40') E

★ Postal code: 222 00

★ Elevation: 500 m

★ Name of inhabitants: Dervenioti ''f'', -s ''m''

★ Dialing code: +11+30-27910 (030-27910)

Historical population

Year	Population	Change	Percent of the municipality
1920	93	-	-
1961	91	-2/-2.15%	-
1991	71	-20/-21.98%	-
2001	54	-20/-23.94%	-

The village of Derveni is surrounded with three mountain ranges, a taller one is south of the village.
The village is covered with forests while not far from the village is mainly rocky and bushy. A few farmlands dominates within the village.
In 1940 the old name Dervenia (Greek: Δερβένια) replaced by Derveni in which dropped its letter.
The worst scenario that the village ever saw was the country's worst fire that broke the 1950s level and burnt around 80% of the region, its forests and bushes are burnt they have been reduced to ashes and burnt ash that only branches remain, it may take years to recover the natural beauty. The fire started on Friday August 24, 2007 during the afternoon hours and spread near the village during the night time hours and spread into the nearby villages of Soulos and Chirades. The fire was caused by an arson that exploded a can and a bottle of oil and gasoline and quickly spread the fire to southwestern Arcadia in days. It took tens of firefighters along with local residents as well as fire trucks, five choppers and about five airplanes to battle the blaze and lasted for days and sprayed out the fire outside the areas as the fires expanded over the windy 42°C weather that dominated southeastern Europe, winds blew at 75 to 80 km/h and expanded by about 500 m an hour, several fires were towering but a few were reported. A few buildings were destroyed and are expected to rebuilt.

Other

The village a church and a square (''plateia''). It was one of the village where the population in the past 70 years only dropped nearly by half. Its nearest school is in Paradeisia.

External links

★ History and Information about Derveni

★ 'Map and aerial photos':

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★ Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps

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★ Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available

★ Coordinates:

See also

★ List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture