Evrostina ( el, Ευρωστίνα) is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Xylokastro-Evrostina Xylokastro–Evrostina ( el, Ξυλόκαστρο-Ευρωστίνα) is a municipality in the Corinthia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Xylokastro. The municipality has an area of 411.667 km2. Munici ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 101.415 km². The seat of administration of the former municipality was the town Derveni.

Geography

Evrostina is a mountain village, situated at about 650 m elevation between the mountain

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(elevation 1757 m) to the south and the mountain Evrostina (elevation 1208 m) to the northwest. The most populous village of the municipal unit, Derveni, is 7 km to the north on the coast of the

Gulf of Corinth The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf ( el, Κορινθιακός Kόλπος, ''Korinthiakόs Kόlpos'', ) is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea, separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. It is bounded in the east by the Isth ...

. Evrostina is 20 km west of

Xylokastro Xylokastro ( el, Ξυλόκαστρο) is a seaside town or village and a former municipality in Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a unit ...

and 50 km west of

Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part o ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Evrostina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Derveni (Derveni, Mavra Litharia, Petalou) *

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*Evrostina (Evrostina, Ano Aigialos, Koumarias, Rozena) *

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(Kallithea, Skoupaiika) *

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Likoporia Likoporia () is a village in the municipality of Xylokastro-Evrostina, in south-central Greece. It is situated about 50 km from Corinth, and 75 km from Patras. The greek Motorway 8 (Greece), Motorway 8 (Athens - Corinth - Patras) passes south of ...

* Pyrgos * Sarantapicho (Sarantapicho, Sarantapichiotika) * Stomio * Chelydoreo (Chelydoreo, Mentourgianika)

Historical population

References

{{Xylokastro-Evrostina div Populated places in Corinthia

Geography

Subdivisions

Historical population

See also

References