Chirades (, locally known as ''Kyrades'') is a mountain village in southwestern
Arcadia,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. It is located in the mountains on the border with
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (''nomos' ...
, at about 800 m elevation. It is 2 km east of
Souli
Souli () is a municipality in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Paramythia.
Name and history
The origin of the name Souli is uncertain. In the earliest historical text about Souli, written by Christoforos ...
, 4 km south of
Paradeisia, 6 km northwest of
Tourkolekas
Tourkolekas () is a settlement in the municipal unit of Falaisia, southwest Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the mountains near the border with Messenia, at about 800 m elevation. It is 5 km west of Kamara, 6 km northeast of Pefko (M ...
and 14 km southwest of
Megalopoli
Megalopoli () is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( literally ''large/great city''). When it was founded in 371 BCE, it was the first large urba ...
. Chirades suffered damage from the
2007 Greek forest fires
The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive wildfire, forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged ...
.
Population
See also
*
List of settlements in Arcadia
This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece.
* Aetorrachi
* Agia Sofia
* Agia Varvara
* Agiorgitika
* Agios Andreas
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Ioannis
* Agios Konstantinos
* Agios Petros
* Agios Vasileios, Leonidio
* Agios Vasileio ...
References
{{Megalopoli
Megalopolis, Greece
Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese