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Megalochori, Megalohori or rarely Megalokhori (Greek: Μεγαλοχώρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, fr. μέγα mega big and χωριό chorio town or village, meaning big or large village or big or large town), older forms, Megalochorio, Megalochorion, Megalohorio, Megalokhorio, Megalokhorion is a village located in the northwestern part of the Methana peninsula. It is located in a valley northwest of teh volcanic summit. It is located W of Methana, E of Ligouri, NE of Kranidi, ENE of Ermioni, NW of Troizina and W of Poros.
Geography
- Location:
- Longitude: 21.5174 (21°31'6') E
- Latitude: 38.59 (38°35'23') N
- Postal code: 180 30
- Elevation:
- lowest: around 100 m
- centre: 113 m
- highest: about 300 m
- Dialing code: +11+30-22980 (030-22980)
Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change
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| 1981 | 437 | -
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| 1991 | 226 | -211/-48.28%
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Kameni Chori has a small school, a church, a small hotel and a small square (plateia). Residential houses and aligned like a triangle but wider over to the right over a mountainous slope with some farmlands over the villages and forests. The rocky landscape and bushes are to the west and east. Much of the mountain are forested under about 200 m. Forests surround the village, grasslands are to the southeast and bushes are in the highest point and the southern and the eastern part. The area has a panoramic view of the eastern part of the Peloponnese including Nea Epidavros, Angistri and the small islands and the eastern part of Corinthia and parts of the southwestern aprt of Attica.
Underneath the village is the ancient Acropolis of Methana which was described by Pausanias. The village in the mid to late 20th century was called Katoundi Imati which derived from Albanian which also meant big or large village or big or large town.
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