Ano 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 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 Patras-Kalavryta Road 4 km north. Ano 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 and agriculture dominates the town industry. Ano Vlasia is below Kato Vlasia.

Geography

Ano Vlasia is located northeast of the mountaintop of Erymanthos, the Selinous River flows to the east. The geography consists of mountains that dominate the area within the Selinous Valley where farmlands, the rest of the area are made up of forests with grasslands and bushes sporadically and west up to the mountaintop of Erymanthos along with non-vegetated rocky landscape and cliffs and ledges. Farmlands that are mainly groves and pastures with fruits and vegetables and other crops that are located in the valley area.

Population

Year	Population	Change
1981	296	-
1991	329	+33 or +11.49%
2001	324	-5 or -1.52%

External links

• Ano Vlassia on GTP Travel Pages