Isari, Greece
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Isaris is a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 village located around 15 km southwest from Megalopoli and around 6 km northwest of the GR-7
Greek National Road 7
The Moreas Motorway is a motorway in Peloponnese, Greece. Locally it is known as the Moréas , which was the medieval name of the Peloponnese. The A7 begins just west of the Isthmus of Corinth, branching off from Greek National Road 8A...

/E65
European route E65
European route E 65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chaniá, Greece. The road is about in length.-Itinerary:* Sweden** E 65: Malmö – Ystad* Baltic sea, ferry Ystad-Świnoujście* Poland...

 (Kalamata
Kalamata
Kalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf...

 - Megalopoli - Tripoli
Tripoli, Greece
Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...

). Isari is connected with a road linking the highway and Vasta
Vasta, Greece
Vastas is a Greek settlement and a community located around 13 km west-northwest from Megalopoli 2 km directly east of Messinia. Vastas is in the municipality of Megalopoli. Vastas is connected with a road linking the GR-7 west-northwest of Veligotsi and other roads linking with nearby...

. Isari is in the municipality of Megalopoli. Its population in 2001 was 500.

Nearest places

  • Vasta
    Vasta, Greece
    Vastas is a Greek settlement and a community located around 13 km west-northwest from Megalopoli 2 km directly east of Messinia. Vastas is in the municipality of Megalopoli. Vastas is connected with a road linking the GR-7 west-northwest of Veligotsi and other roads linking with nearby...

    , west
  • Isoma
    Isoma
    Isoma may refer to several places in Greece:*Isoma, Achaea, a town in Achaea*Isoma, Kilkis, a town in the municipal unit Kroussa*Isoma Karyon, a town in Arcadia...

    , north
  • Tripotamo, east

Geography

The geography consists of a mountains terrain that are covered with pine
Pine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

 and spruce
Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical...

 forests with grasslands in some areas and the mountaintop, farmlands are in the valley areas particularly within the village and it includes olive
Olive
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 groves, pastures, fruits and vegetables and other crops. A part of the area are forested.

Population

Year Population
1981 368
1991 236
2001 218

History

The highest recorded population were in the early to mid-20th century, the population has been falling since the mid-20th century, particularly after the two conflicts, the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and the Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...

 as people went for a better livestyle and jobs elsewhere in Greece and the other parts of the world (mainly North America
North America
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), its decline has rarely slowed in the late-20th century.

Worsely Isaris was strucked by a forest fire that streamed up north from nearby Chrousa and consumed much of its forests and grasslands, several flames were valley and reached 70 to 80 m and were seen from the village and the valley areas, several lasted for hours. The fire happened on Sunday August 26, 2007 and continued for a few days. Residents along with firefighters, choppers and planes battled the blaze for hours and days and disintegrated during the mid-week and transformed a natural greenish scenery into an ugly ashy black ground that may take years to grow back. Several houses were burnt. The fire later entered into nearby Petrovouni but it slowed by cooler temperature but still hot at 32°C. The flames did not burn into Lykosoura.

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