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Dymi, Achaea
Dymi ( el, Δύμη) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 71.553 km2. Its seat of administration was the town of Kato Achaia. It is located 20 km southwest of Patras. Population history Subdivisions The municipal unit Dymi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Kato Achaia (Kato Achaia, Alykes, Manetaiikia, Paralia Kato Achaias, Piso Sykea) * Agiovlasitika (Agiovlasitika, Kapeli, Lefkos, Stenaitika) *Alissos (Alissos, Kamenitsa, Paralia Alissou, Profitis Elissaios) *Ano Achaia * Elaiochori *Kato Alissos (Kato Alissos, Gialos) * Niforeika (Niforeika, Paralia Niforeikon) * Petrochori (Petrochori, Veskoukaiika, Vythoulkas, Zampeteika, Karya, Lampraiika, Logothetis) See also *Dyme Dyme ( grc, Δύμη), or Dymae, was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Greece
Western Greece Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας, translit=Periféria Dhitikís Elládhas, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of continental Greece and the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It occupies an area of and its population is, according to the 2011 census, at 679,796 inhabitants. The capital of the Western Greece is Patras, the third-largest-city in the country with a population of about 280,000 inhabitants. The NUTS 2 code for the region of Western Greece is EL63. Administration The region of Western Greece was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with Peloponnese and the Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Patras and is divided int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kato Alissos
Alissos ( el, Αλισσός) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Dymi, Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Patras, 3 km east of Kato Achaia, 3 km southwest of Kaminia and 17 km southwest of Patras. The community consists of the villages Alissos, Kamenitsa, Paralia Alissou and Profitis Elissaios. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos) and the railway from Patras to Pyrgos run between Alissos and Paralia Alissou. History Alissos was known as Lisarea or Lysaria ( el, Λισσαρέα or Λησαρέα; french: la Lisarée) during the period of Frankish rule in the late Middle Ages. According to the ''Chronicle of the Morea'', it was a fief of the Barony of Akova, held in the late 1270s by Margaret of Lisarea (or Jeanne), a cousin of Walter of Rosières, baron of Akova. She married Geoffrey II of Briel. The fief was then inherited by their daughter, Helen, and her husband, Vilain II of Aulnay, Baron of Arcadia. Lisarea disappears th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movri (municipality)
Movri ( el, Μόβρη) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. It has a population of 4,605 as of 2011, and is named after the mountain range Movri. The seat of the municipality is in Sageika. Its area is 86.484 km². Subdivisions The municipal unit Movri is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Fragka (Fragka, Spaneika, Tsakonika) * Kareika (Kareika, Gomosto, Karamesineika, Rachi) * Krinos * Limnochori (Limnochori, Kalamaki, Kato Limnochori, Paralia Kalamakiou) *Myrtos Myrtos is a coastal village in the west of the municipality of Ierapetra, in the Regional Unit (previously called prefecture) of Lasithi on the Greek island of Crete. It is located from Agios Nikolaos and from Ierapetra, on the road to V ... (Myrtos, Giouleika, Pournari) * Sageika (Sageika, Apostoli, Bouteika, Gerouseika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larissos
Larissos ( el, Λαρίσσος) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 225.729 km2. Its seat of administration was in the village Lappas, part of the community Metochi. The municipal unit was named after the river Larissos, which flows through it. It is the westernmost municipal unit of Achaea, stretching along the Ionian Sea coast and the border with Elis to the southern part of the Movri hills. It is about 32 km southwest of Patras is 37and 50 km north of Pyrgos. The area is mostly flat, except the Movri hills in the southeast and the lower Mavra Vouna hills in the northwest, near Cape Araxos. Araxos Airport (GPA). The archaeological site of the ancient town of Dyme is located 1 km south. Subdivisions The municipal unit Larissos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olenia
Olenia ( el, Ωλενία) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 189.534 km2. Population 5,434 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Lousika. The municipality is named after the ancient Achaean town Olenus. Subdivisions The municipal unit Olenia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Achaiko * Agios Nikolaos Kralis (Kalamaki, Agios Nikolaos, Avgeraiika, Thomaiika, Poimenochori) * Agios Stefanos (Agios Stefanos, Palaia Peristera, Fylakes) * Ano Soudenaiika *Arla * Chaikali (Chaikali, Katsaitaiika, Kounelaiika) * Charavgi (Charavgi, Neochori, Pigadia) * Flokas (Flokas, Zisimaiika) * Fostaina * Galanaiika * Gkaneika * Kato Mazaraki * Lousika (Lousika, Spaliaraiika, Ypsili Rachi) * Mitopoli (Mitopoli, Komi, Souvaliotaiika) * Portes *Santomeri Santomeri (Greek: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrachnaiika
Vrachnaiika ( el, Βραχνέικα or Βραχναίικα, ) is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 32.111 km2. It is suburb of a Patras, about 11 km southwest of the city centre, on the Gulf of Patras coast. The population of the town is around 2,700 and of the municipal unit around 4,600. The community has a disused rail station on the line from Patras to Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 9 Greek National Road 9 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 9, abbreviated as EO9) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the West Greece and Peloponnese regions. It runs along the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, from Patras to ... (Patras - Pyrgos) passes south of the centre. Population history Subdivisions The municipal unit Vrachnaiika is subdivided into the following communities (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Patras
The Gulf of Patras ( el, Πατραϊκός Κόλπος, ''Patraikós Kólpos'') is a branch of the Ionian Sea in Western Greece. On the east, it is closed by the Strait of Rion between capes Rio, Greece, Rio and Antirrio, near the Rio-Antirrio bridge, that is the entrance of the Gulf of Corinth. On the west, it is bounded by a line from Oxeia island to Cape Araxos. To the north it is bounded by the shore of Aetolia-Acarnania in continental Greece, and to the south by Achaea in the Peloponnese peninsula. It is long, wide, and has an area of 350–400 km2. The port city of Patras lies to the southeast and is the only major port on the gulf. It serves ferries to Ancona and Brindisi in Italy and to Cephalonia. On the northern shore Missolonghi, also has a port. The old ports of Rio and Antirrio lie at the east end of the Gulf; there is a ferry service between them which complements the traffic over the Rio-Antirio bridge. The gulf is rich in fish and molluscs, including sea sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Achaea
This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece: * Achaiko * Agia Marina * Agia Varvara, Akrata * Agia Varvara, Tritaia * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Nikolaos Kralis * Agios Nikolaos Spaton * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Stefanos (Peristera) * Agios Stefanos Saravaliou * Agios Vasileios * Agiovlasitika * Agrampela * Agridi * Agrilia * Aigeira * Aiges * Aigio * Akrata * Aktaio * Alestaina * Alissos * Alpochori * Alsos * Ampelokipoi * Ampelos * Amygdalea * Anastasi * Ano Achaia * Ano Diakopto * Ano Katsaiteika * Ano Kastritsi * Ano Kleitoria * Ano Lousoi * Ano Mazaraki * Ano Soudenaiika * Ano Thomeika * Ano Vlasia * Ano Zachlorou * Apideonas * Arachovitika * Araxos * Argyra * Arla * Armpounas * Aroania * Arravonitsa * Avgereika * Chaikali * Chalandritsa * Charavgi * Chatzis * Chiona * Chovoli * Chrysanthio * Chrysopigi * Dafnes * Dafni * Damakini * Demesticha * Desino * Diakopto * Didacheika * Digeliotika * Dimitropoulo * Doukanaiika * Doumena * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyme
Dyme ( grc, Δύμη), or Dymae, was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Achaea, and the most westerly of the 12 Achaean cities, from which circumstance it is said to have derived its name. The location of Dyme is near the modern Kato Achaia. Location It was situated near the coast, according to Strabo 60 stadia from the promontory Araxus, and according to Pausanias 30 stadia from the river Larisus, which separated its territory from Elis. Names It is further said by Strabo to have been formed out of a union of 8 villages, one of which was called Teuthea (Τευθέα); and it is probable, that some of the different names, by which the city is said to have been called, were originally the names of the separate villages. Thus, its more ancient name is stated by Pausanias to have been Paleia (Πάλεια), and by Strabo to have been Stratus or Stratos (Στρατός). The poet Antimachus gave it the epithet Cauconis, which was derived by some from the iron Caucon in the neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrochori, Achaea
Petrochori (Greek: Πετροχώρι meaning rock village) is a village in Achaea, Greece. It is part of the municipality of West Achaea. It is located 6 km south of Kato Achaia, and 25 km southeast of Patras. The population of Petrochori in 2001 was 177 for the village and 721 for the community, which consists of the villages Petrochori, Karya, Lampraiika, Logothetis, Veskoukaiika, Vythoulkas and Zampeteika. The nearest villages are Ano Achaia Ano Achaia ( el, Άνω Αχαΐα meaning Upper Achaea) is a village in the municipality of West Achaea, Greece. It is located 4 km south of Kato Achaia and 2 km west of Lousika. In 2011 Ano Achaia had a population of 229. Population ... to the northeast and Elaiochori to the east. Population External links Petrochori GTP Travel Pages See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Dymi Dymi, Achaea Populated places in Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niforeika
Niforeika (Greek: Νιφορέικα, also Νιφοραίικα) is a village and a community in the municipality of West Achaea in northwestern Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Patras, 4 km east of Limnochori, Achaea, Limnochori, 3 km west of Kato Achaia and 22 km southwest of Patras. The distance from the Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos, Elis, Pyrgos) is about 4 km. The community consists of the villages Niforeika and Paralia Niforeikon. See also *List of settlements in Achaea References {{West Achaea div Populated places in Achaea West Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaiochori, Achaea
Elaiochori (Greek: Ελαιοχώρι) is a village in the municipality of West Achaea, Greece. It is located about 7 km south of Kato Achaia and 23 km southwest of Patras. The nearest larger village is Petrochori, 3 km to the west. The population of Elaiochori was 238 in 2011. Elaiochori is the birthplace of the leader of the military government that ruled the country from 1967 to 1973, Georgios Papadopoulos Geórgios Papadopoulos (; el, Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greeks, Greek military officer and political leader who ruled Greece as a military dictator from 1967 to 1973. He joined the Hellenic .... Population External links Elaiochori GTP Travel Pages See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Dymi Dymi, Achaea Populated places in Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
