Akraifnia ( el, Ακραιφνία) is a former municipality in

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its lar ...

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. It was established in 1997 from the former communities

Akraifnio Akraifnio ( el, Ακραίφνιο), before 1933 known as Karditsa (), is a village in Boeotia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Akraifnia, which is a municipal unit of the municipality Orchomenus (Boeotia), Orchomenos since the ...

, Kastro and Kokkino. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Orchomenos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 185.816 km². Population 2,752 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in

. It was named after the ancient city

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Populated places in Boeotia {{CentralGreece-geo-stub