Diakopto ( el, Διακοπτό) is a coastal town

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in Achaea,

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 north ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the

Aigialeia Aigialeia ( el, Αιγιάλεια, ) is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) in the eastern part of the Achaea regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The municipality has an area of 723.063 km ...

municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km². Population 6,429 (2011). The town of Diakopto is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the

Vouraikos The Vouraikos ( el, Βουραϊκός, la, Buraïcus, ''Erasinus'' ( grc, Ἐρασῖνος, Erasinos) according to Strabo) is a river in Achaea, Greece. In ancient times it was called Erasinos. Its source is in the Aroania mountains, near th ...

river and at the lower end of the

Vouraikos Gorge The Vouraikos ( el, Βουραϊκός, la, Buraïcus, ''Erasinus'' ( grc, Ἐρασῖνος, Erasinos) according to Strabo) is a river in Achaea, Greece. In ancient times it was called Erasinos. Its source is in the Aroania mountains, near th ...

. The gauge Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway built in 1885 leads up to the town of

Kalavryta Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) 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 ...

passing the

Mega Spilaio Mega Spilaio (), formally the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Ιερά Μονή Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου), is a Greek Orthodox monastery near Kalavryta, in the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. History The m ...

Monastery at about halfway. Diakopto is on the old

Greek National Road 8 Greek National Road 8 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 8, abbreviated as EO8, common name: old Athens-Patras national road) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Attica, Peloponnese and West Greece regions. It connects Athens with ...

(Athens - Corinth - Patras); the new

Greek National Road 8A Greek National Road 8a ( el, Εθνική Οδός 8a, abbreviated as EO8a) was a toll road in the Attica, Peloponnese and West Greece regions. It connected Athens with the cities of Corinth and Patras. It was built in the 1960s as a replacemen ...

(also Athens - Corinth - Patras) passes 1 km to the south. Diakopto is located about 40 km east of Patras, and 15 km southeast of

Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' ( el, Αίγιο, Aígio, ; la, Aegium), is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipal ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Diakopto is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Ano Diakopto (Ano Diakopto, Pounta) *Diakopto (Diakopto, Kalyvitis, Kernitsa, Lofos) *

Eliki Eliki ( el, Ελίκη, before 1917: Ζευγολατιό - ''Zevgolatio''), is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It was named after the nearby ancient town Helike. Eliki is located near the river Selinountas and the ...

(Eliki, Kalanteri) * Katholiko * Keryneia (Keryneia, Nea Keryneia) * Mamousia (Mamousia, Derveni, Stavria) * Nikoleika * Rizomylos * Rodia * Trapeza (Trapeza, Paralia Trapezis) * Tripia (Tripia, Metochi, Terpsithea) * Zachloritika

Population

History

In the area there were three ancient Greek cities: Boura,

Helike Helike (; el, , pronounced , modern ) was an ancient Greek polis (city-state) that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC. It was located in the regional unit of Achaea, northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres (12 stadia) from the ...

and Keryneia. The area followed the fate of the rest of Achaea. Between 1460 and 1821 the area was ruled by the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, except a brief period of Venetian rule between 1687 and 1715. As a result of the Greek War of Independence of 1821 Diakopto became part of the new Greek state. The municipality was created in 1835. The municipality was known as ''Voura'' (Βουρά).

Persons

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos Dionysis Papagiannopoulos ( el, Διονύσης Παπαγιαννόπουλος; 12 July 1912 – 17 April 1984) was a Greek actor. He was born in Diakopto in the northeastern part of Achaea in 1912. He studied at the Drama School of the Natio ...

(1912–1984) actor

Sporting clubs

*Lykoi Diakoptou *Floga Rodias *Iraklis Zachloritikon *Niki Nikoleikon *Athlitikos Omilos Diakoptou (AOD)

References

External links

Municipality of DiakoptoDiakopto (municipality) on GTP Travel PagesDiakopto (town) on GTP Travel Pages
{{Diakopto Aigialeia Populated places in Achaea