Megalopolis

This article relates with a Greek community in the central Peloponnese. For a Megalopolis meaning a very large city, see Metropolitan area.

Megalopolis, or Megalopoli is a town famous for its ancient theatre. Megalopolis is a Greek word for Great city. It is in the western part of the prefecture of Arcadia. The population in 2001 reached over 5,000. It is the only growing community in western Arcadia. Other villages towns reported a loss in population in 2001. Distance from Tripoli, Greece is 30 km from 33, SE of Andritsaina and from Kalamata is 55 km NE on Interstate 7, and E65. The city has a square in the heart of the city. Its area code is 27410 with 5 digits. The mountain surrounding Megalopolis are Taygetus, and Tsiberou. It snearest television and communications tower are on top of mount Tsiberou. Much of the area are isolated, and the forested valley contains about 10,000. It is one of the most underpopulated areas in the Peloponnese.

A wider highway southwest first opened in around the 1980s. Megalopolis now bypass by a new freeway now connecting from Kalamata and Athens. Construction began in 1999 in the southwest and headad northeast in 2001 and was opened to traffic in 2002. The freeway now runs between the little villages Perivolia and Routsi, and there lies the Alpheus river.

In 1993, a brush fire burned much of eastern Megalopolis and the Tsiberou area. It burnt around ? ha (50 to 60 km²) of land.

Megalopolis is also a district. It contains the communities of:

Amenodouri
Ano Anavrito
Isari
Kato Anavrito
Makrinisi?
Perivolia
Rapsommati
Routsi
Tripotamia
Vasta
Vrysoules
Zoni