Rapsommati (, also Ραψομμάτης - ''Rapsommatis'') is a village within the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
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 ...
in the western part of
Arcadia,
Greece
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. It is situated on a hill, 1 km southeast of
Mallota, 2 km southwest of
Palaiochouni, 3 km northwest of
Anemodouri
Anemodouri (Greek language, Greek: Ανεμοδούρι) is a village in the municipal unit Falaisia, southwestern Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece. It is located on the northwestern slopes of mount Tsemperou. It is 3 km northwest of ...
and 5 km southeast of Megalopoli. The
A7 motorway (
Corinth
Corinth ( ; , ) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece. The successor to the ancient Corinth, ancient city of Corinth, it is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Sin ...
–
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to:
Places Greece
*Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ...
–
Kalamata
Kalamata ( ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the Peloponnese (region), homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regiona ...
) passes north of the village, through the
Rapsommati Tunnel.
Historical 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
External links
History and information about Rapsommati
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Megalopolis, Greece
Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese