Agia Varvara () is a small village and a community in the municipal unit of
Akrata
Akrata, () 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 180.169 km2. Akr ...
,
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...
,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. The community includes the village Vounaki. It is built on the forested slopes of
Mount Chelmos (Aroania). It is 3 km east of
Mesorrougi
Mesorrougi (Greek: Μεσορρούγι) is a small village and a community in the municipal unit of Akrata, Achaea, Greece. It is built on the forested slopes of Mount Chelmos (Aroania). The community consists of the villages Mesorrougi, Ano Mes ...
, 15 km east of
Kalavryta
Kalavryta () 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 northwest of Tripoli, G ...
and 17 km south of Akrata. Between 1835 and 1912, Agia Varvara constituted a part of the municipality of
Nonakrida
Nonacris or Nonakris () 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 state of Pheneus. It w ...
, and between 1912 and 1996 it was an independent community.
Population
See also
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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)
* ...
References
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Aigialeia
Akrata
Populated places in Achaea