Kato Vlassia
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Kato Vlasia 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 about 45 to 50 km SE of Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

, south of Aigio
Aigio
Aigio is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Its population is around 30,000. Aigio is surrounded by trees in the north and cliffs in the...

, southwest of Pteri
Pteri, Greece
Pteri is a Greek village in Achaea. Pteri located about 15 km south of Aigio, about 45 km east of Patras, west of Diakopto and northwest of Kalavryta. Pteri is part of the municipal unit of Aigio and had a population of 618 in 2001...

 and west of Kalavryta
Kalavryta
Kalavryta is a town and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the peripheral unit of Achaea, Greece. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is located approx...

. It is linked with a road linking with the GR-33
Greek National Road 33
Greek National Road 33 is a highway that runs from Patras, originally at Dimitris Gounaris Street, now begins at the beltway, and had a branch ending at Olympia, and ends near Vytina, and Levídi, and some think it still ends at Ellinikon near Andritsaina and Megalopolis...

 along with Chalandritsa
Chalandritsa
Chalandritsa is a village in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is the seat of administration....

 and Kalavryta
Kalavryta
Kalavryta is a town and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the peripheral unit of Achaea, Greece. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is located approx...

, it also serves a road with Kato Vlasia. Kato Vlasia is in the municipality of Kalavryta
Kalavryta
Kalavryta is a town and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the peripheral unit of Achaea, Greece. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is located approx...

. The Erymanthos mountain lies to the southwest. The majority of the population remains to be rural in which it contains only a few shops as well as a gas station. Kato Vlasia is above Ano Vlasia.

Geography

Kato Vlassia is located northeast of the mountaintop of Erymanthos, the Selinous River flows to the northeast. The geography consists of mountains that dominate the entire area except for the central part as well as the Selinous Valley where farmlands, the lower and the northern portions, bushes in the central part and grasslands and rocks within the northeastern part of the Erymanthos mountains. Farmlands that are mainly groves and pastures with fruits and vegetables and other crops that are located in the valley area.

Population

Year Village population Municipal district population
1981 259 -
1991 193 -
2001 218 259
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