Makrysi (Greek: Μακρύσι, before 1927: Σιάλεσι - Sialesi) 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.

Historical population

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! Year !! Total population !! Makrysi !! Kato Makrysi

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| 1981 || - || 153 || -

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| 1991 || 190 || 79 || 111

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| 2001 || 172 || 53 || 119

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| 2011 || 265 || 44 || 221

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| 2021 || 312 || 23 || 289

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See also

  • List of settlements in Arcadia

References

  • Arcadia - Makrysi