Makrysi | |
Name Local: | Μακρύσι |
Type: | community |
Periph: | Peloponnese |
Periphunit: | Arcadia |
Municipality: | Megalopoli |
Municunit: | Megalopoli |
Pop Community: | 312 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Coordinates: | 37.4167°N 32°W |
Makrysi (Greek: Μακρύσι, before 1927: Σιάλεσι - Sialesi[1]) is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a hillside on the left bank of the river Elissonas, at 496 m elevation. It is 3 km northwest of Mallota and 3 km northeast of Megalopoli town centre. The community consists of the villages Makrysi and Kato Makrysi. Kato Makrysi is situated at 450 m elevation. Zacharias Barbitsiotis, an anti-Ottoman insurgent defeated the Turks in Sialesi in the 1780s.
Year | Total population | Makrysi | Kato Makrysi | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | - | 153 | - | |
1991 | 190 | 79 | 111 | |
2001 | 172 | 53 | 119 | |
2011 | 265 | 44 | 221 | |
2021 | 312 | 23 | 289 |