Lousika

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Lousika or Loussika Λουσικά
Prefecture:	Achaea
Province:	Patras
Municipality:	Olenia
Municipal district:	Lousika (seat)
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	38.108 (38° 6' 30") N 21.59977 (21° 35' 51") E
Population: (2001) -Village -Municipal district -Percent of the municipal district -Percent of the municipality	604 793
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	about 30 m (Tytheos - northwest) 65 m (Neo) about 150 to 200 m (south)
Postal code:	GR-252 00
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-26930
Car designation (as of 2006):	`AX`

Lousika or Loussika (Greek: Λουσικά) is a Greek village located about approximately 10 km southeast of Kato Achaia, 5 km south of Alissos, 26 km south of Patras and anout 85 km northeast of Pyrgos. The GR-9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia is 5 km to the north and 11 km with the older one. Lousika had a 2001 population of was 604 for the village and 793 for the municipal district. Lousika is also the seat of the municipality of Olenia. The Serdini river flows through the village.

1 Nearest places
2 Subdivisions
3 Geography
4 Information
5 Population
6 Persons
7 Other
8 External links
9 See also

[edit] Nearest places

Alissos, north
Agios Stefanos, northeast
Achaiko, west

[edit] Subdivisions

Spaliareika
Ypsili Rachi

[edit] Geography

Lousika is situated in a plateau, hilly and a valley area, it also contains several valleys. The farmlands covers sporadically and the valley along with forests, hills and mountains, mostly in the western and the eastern parts. The small mountain range extending south of Kareika to near Ovrya is to the north and another to the south. Its main production are wine, wine-grapes, fruits including watermelon, melon, figs and vegetables including corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cucumbers and others as well as dairy, livestock, olives and others. The majority of the population are based in other businesses as well as agriculture.

[edit] Information

Lousika has approximately 10 km of paved road and 15 to 20 km of gravel roads. Lousika also has approximately 10 km of hydro lines as well as phone lines.

Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. Most of the homes are abandoned today.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. The population decline between the 1981 and the 1991 census, but it slowed the 1991 and the 2001 censuses.

[edit] Population

Year	Population	Change	Municipal district population	Percent of the municipal district	Percent of the municipality
1981	894	-	-	-	-
1991	642	-352 or -39.37%	-	-	-
2001	604	-38 or -5.92%	793	14%	8.85% (Village) 8.85% (Municipal district)

[edit] Persons

Nikolaos Kontopoulos, (1889 - 1958 in Athens), writer

[edit] Other

Lousika has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a nearest school gymnasium (secondary school), a church, and a square (plateia). Its nearest hospital is the Agios Andreas Hospital in eastcentral Patras.