title: Makrysi
text: # Makrysi
  
  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
  
  | Year | Total population | Makrysi | Kato Makrysi |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1981 | - | 153 | - |
  | 1991 | 190 | 79 | 111 |
  | 2001 | 172 | 53 | 119 |
  | 2011 | 265 | 44 | 221 |
  