Galatas ( el, Γαλατάς) is a village and a community in western

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located at 14 m above sea level. According to the 2011 census, the village had 976 inhabitants, and the community, which includes the village Kryoneri, had 1,070 inhabitants.

Geography

Galatas sits at the foot of the mountain Varasova, at the left bank of the river

Evinos The Evinos ( el, Εύηνος) is a river in western Greece, flowing into the Gulf of Patras. Its source is in the northern Vardousia mountains, near the village Artotina, Phocis. The river flows in a generally southwestern direction, for most o ...

. It lies 2 km east of

Evinochori Evinochori ( el, Ευηνοχώρι) is a village and a community in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Evinochori is in the municipality of Missolonghi, located 10 km east of Missolonghi town centre. It is situated on the right b ...

, 11 km east of

Missolonghi Missolonghi or Messolonghi ( el, Μεσολόγγι, ) is a municipality of 34,416 people (according to the 2011 census) in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis ...

, 18 km west of

Antirrio Antirrio ( el, links=no, Αντίρριο, pronounced , la, links=no, Antirrhium) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of wh ...

and 25 km west of

Nafpaktos Nafpaktos ( el, Ναύπακτος) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latinize ...

. The

Greek National Road 5 National Road 5 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 5, abbreviated as EO5) is a single carriageway road in western Greece. It connects Antirrio, at the north end of the Rio-Antirrio bridge, with Ioannina in northwestern Greece, passing through Agrinio a ...

(Patras-Antirrio-Agrinio-Ioannina) and the Motorway 5 pass north of the village.

History

Galatas had its own train station on the currently abandoned railway line from the port of Kryoneri to

Agrinio Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capi ...

via Missolonghi and

Stamna Stamna ( el, Σταμνά) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Aitoliko in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located on a chain of low hills that separate the river Acheloos to the west from the bay of Aitoli ...

. Between 1912 and 1997, Galatas was an independent community. In 1997, the village became part of the municipality of

, which became part of the new municipality of

in 2011.

Historical population

References

External links

History of Galatas
at Galatas' website {{Nafpaktia div Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Nafpaktia