Kertezi

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Kertezi (Greek: Κέρτεζη), also with an a accented is a small village in the municipality of Akrata, Achaia prefecture, Greece. Kertezi are divided into Ano and Kato (Upper and Lower) parts. Its 2001 population was 175 for the village and 313 for the municipal district. It is built on the slopes of Mount Chelmos (Aroania) and are filled with pines and fir trees including the Greek fir.

[edit] Settlement

• Vounaki

[edit] Nearest places

• Dafni, south-southwest

[edit] Population

[edit] Location and transportation

Kertezi is located around 10 to 15 km southwest of Kalavryta on the other side of a small mountain, southwest of Akrata, northwest of Kleitoria and Tripoli, north of Levidi, east-northeast of Lampeia and southeast of Patras. The village are connected with a road with the Kalavryta - Kleitoria Road.

The village has about 5 km of paved road and about 10 km of gravel road. It has about 5 to 6 km of hydro lines, phone lines are around 4 to 5 km.

[edit] Geography

Its geography consists of forests and grasslands, the forests covers much of the area with some grasslands, barren land are to the higher elevations. Farmlands are within the village.

[edit] History

Kertezi was ruled by the Ottoman Turks with the exception from 1681 until 1715 with the last of the Venetian rule, it became a part of Greece after the Greek War of Independence. Anagnostis Striftombolas went to Kertezi and brought in a military body of 15 men and battled in the Battle of Levidi, he was alter killed. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate and emigration will be to the lowest, the population lost by 40% between 1981 and 1991 and recovered between 1991 until 2001. Agia Varvara became connected with asphalt in the 1960s. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In the late-1990s, the ex-community (now a village) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Kalavryta.

[edit] Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, its main production includes olives, cattle, fruits, vegetables and other crops.

[edit] Other

Kertezi has a school for the entire municipal district (the former community), a church, a post office, and a square (plateia). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in Dafni.

[edit] See also

• List of places in the Achaia prefecture

[edit] External links

• Kertezi at the GTP Travel Pages
• Map and aerial photos:
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  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 37°58′36″N, 22°39′59″30