Tsivlos ( el, Τσιβλός) is a small mountain village in the municipality of

Akrata Akrata, ( el, Ακράτα) 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 a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 180. ...

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

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. It is part of the community Platanos. In 2011, it had a population of 9. It is built on the slopes of Mount Chelmos (Aroania), above the river

Krathis Krathis ( el, Κράθις, la, Crathis) is a river in the eastern part of Achaea, southern Greece. The river flows through the municipal unit of Akrata. It is long. Geography The river's course is from the south to the north. It begins in the ...

, at about 750 m elevation. Lake Tsivlos, north of the village, was formed by a landslide in 1912. Tsivlos is located 12 km southwest of

, 12 km northeast of

Kalavryta Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and ...

and 11 km south of Platanos.

Population

History

Tsivlos was mentioned as the settlement of ''Civlò'' in the census of the Venetian Francesco Grimani in 1700; it had 33 families and 148 inhabitants.Vassilis Panagiotopoulos ''Plithysmos kai Oikismoi tis Peloponnisou 13os-18os ai.'' (''Πληθυσμός και Οικισμοί της Πελοποννήσου 13ος-18ος αι.'' = ''Population and Settlements of the Peloponnese (12th to 18th Centuries'')),

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of Greece, Athens 1987 Until 1912, Tsivlos was a part of the municipality of

Nonakrida Nonacris or Nonakris ( grc, Νώνακρις) was a town of ancient Arcadia in the region of Pheneatis northwest of Pheneus, situated in what is now Achaea, southern Greece. Said to be named after the wife of Lycaon, Nonacris was part of the sta ...

. The village was part of the municipality of Akrata since 1998. In 2011 it became part of the new municipality

Aigialeia Aigialeia ( el, Αιγιάλεια, ) is a municipality and a former Provinces of Greece, province (επαρχία) in the eastern part of the Achaea regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The municipality has an ar ...

. On Sunday March 24, 1913, a large volume of rocks and soil fell from the nearby mountain of Gerakari which devastated the village of Sylivaina and fell into the

river. The river water flooded a large part of Tsivlos, creating a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

with a depth of 80 m and an area of around 200 hectares. The inhabitants of the two villages had relocated two days before the disaster.

Gallery

File:Tsivlos Lake, Mountain Chelmos.jpg, Panoramic view of Lake Tsivlos. File:Χελμός, Λίμνη Τσιβλού 0006.jpg, Partial view of Lake Tsivlos. File:Χελμός, Λίμνη Τσιβλού 0007.jpg, Partial view of Lake Tsivlos. File:IMG 20161227 154637027 HDR.jpg, Partial view of Lake Tsivlos. File:IMG 20161227 154716561 HDR.jpg, Partial view of Lake Tsivlos. File:IMG 20161227 154736670 HDR.jpg, Partial view of Lake Tsivlos. File:IMG 20161227 154751840 HDR.jpg, Partial view of Lake Tsivlos. File:IMG 20161227 155237364 HDR.jpg, Partial view of Lake Tsivlos.

References

External links

Tsivlos at the GTP Travel Pages
{{Akrata Aigialeia Akrata Populated places in Achaea

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