Asea, Greece

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Asea Ασέα
Community
The observatory of Asea.
Asea
Coordinates: 37°25′N 22°16′E / 37.417°N 22.267°E / 37.417; 22.267
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Municipality	Tripoli
Municipal unit	Valtetsi
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	130
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	22027
Area code(s)	2710
Vehicle registration	TP

Asea (Greek: Ασέα; before 1927: Κανδρέβα Kandreva^[2]) is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece, in the Peloponnese peninsula. Asea is situated on a hillside at about 800 m elevation. It is 2 km northeast of Athinaio, 11 km east of Megalopoli and 14 km southwest of Tripoli. Asea was the seat of the municipality of Valtetsi. The community Asea consists of the villages Asea and Kato Asea, which is the more affluent and cosmopolitan of the two villages. Although Asea has only about 130 permanent inhabitants, its natural environment and archeological sites attract weekend and summer visitors. However, an infestation of arachnids in 2015 has decreased tourism in recent years. Considered the finest location in Europe for astronomy, Asea regularly hosts various international stargazing events.^{[citation needed]}