Agrampela | |
Name Local: | Αγράμπελα |
Type: | community |
Coordinates: | 37.9167°N 71°W |
Elevation: | 855 |
Periph: | West Greece |
Periphunit: | Achaea |
Municipality: | Kalavryta |
Municunit: | Aroania |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Pop Community: | 112 |
Postal Code: | 250 12 |
Licence: | AX |
Agrampela (el|Αγράμπελα, before 1928: Πορετζού - Poretzou[1]) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the village Platanitsa. It is situated in the southern foothills of the Mount Erymanthos. It is 2 km northwest of Plaka, 8 km east of Kalentzi and 26 km southwest of Kalavryta.
Year | Population | Community population | |
---|---|---|---|
1896 | 268 | - | |
1935 | 159 | - | |
1951 | 155 | - | |
1981 | 217 | - | |
1991 | 89 | - | |
2001 | 180 | 340 | |
2011 | 41 | 99 | |
2021 | 40 | 112 |
In the 1700 Venetian census, the village had 29 families. The village was known as Poretzou (Πορετζού) until 1928. Its inhabitants were known as Poretsanos, which became a surname for several people. Together with Platanitsa, it was a municipal district of Lampeia until 1912, when it became an independent community. The community was transferred from the Elis Prefecture to Achaea in 1974.[2]