Aroania ( el, Αροάνια) (also known as "Sopoto") is a village and a former

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Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

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 northw ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Kalavryta, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 173.804 km². The seat of administration was in the town of

Psofida Psofida (Greek: Ψωφίδα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania in the southern part of Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Psofida, Ano Psofida, Tripotama, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama and Vasiliki. ...

. The municipality is named after the village and the

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aroania is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agrampela (Agrampela, Platanitsa) * Agridi *

Alestaina Alestaina ( el, Αλέσταινα) is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 13. It is 2 km south of Agridi, 3 km west of Aroania (village), 2 km north of Paos and 21 km southwest of ...

* Anastasi (Anastasi, Moni Agion Theodoron) *Aroania *

Desino Desino ( el, Δεσινό, formerly Τεσινόν - ''Tesinon'') is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 37. The village is situated in the eastern foothills of Mount Erymanthos. The ...

Kamenianoi Kamenianoi ( el, Καμενιάνοι) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. In 2011 the population was 85 for the village, and 116 for the community, which includes the village Drovolovo. It is si ...

(Kamenianoi, Drovolovo) *

Lechouri Lechouri ( el, Λεχούρι) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 209 for the village and 288 for the community, which includes the villages Kerasia and Selli. The ...

(Lechouri, Kerasea, Selli) *

Livartzi Livartzi ( el, Λιβάρτζι) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 164 for the village and 211 for the municipal district, which includes the villages Livadi and ...

(Livartzi, Livadi, Livartzino) *

Plaka Pláka ( el, Πλάκα) is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residentia ...

(Psofida, Ano Psofida, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama, Tripotama, Vasiliki) *

Seires Seires (Greek: Σειρές, before 1928: Βερσίτσι - ''Versitsi'') is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. It was named after the ancient town Seirae, that was part of Arcadia (regional unit) ...

(Seires, Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini, Thomaiika)

Notable people

Ioannis Sofianopoulos Ioannis Sofianopoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Σοφιανόπουλος; 10 August 1887 – 27 July 1951) was a Greek politician. Born in Sopoto, Kalavryta, to the lawyer Andreas Sofianopoulos and Athena Papageorgiou, he studied Law at the Universi ...

(1887–1951), politician

Population

References

{{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta