Karya (Greek: Καρυά) is a former municipality on the island of
Lefkada
Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas ( Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of G ...
,
Ionian Islands,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Lefkada
Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas ( Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of G ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
It lies in the central part of Lefkada. It has a land area of 30.867 km
2 and a population of 871 (2011 census). A large part of the population live in the former municipal seat, the town of Karyá (pop. 589).
The village Karya is located on the slopes of ''Pyrgos'' at 500 m above sea level. The highest point in the municipal unit is the mountain
Stavrota, elevation 1,158 m. There are four villages in the municipal unit: Karyá, Pigadisánoi (pop. 157), Egklouví (106), and Ammókampos (19).
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Karya is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*
Egklouvi (Egklouvi, Ammokampos)
*Karya
*
Pigadisanoi
Population
Notable people
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Apostolos Kaklamanis
Apostolos Kaklamanis () (born 7 September 1936) is a Greek politician and member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the Athens B constituency.
He has been elected as a PASOK MP in all the general elections ...
(1936-) politician
See also
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List of settlements in the Lefkada regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Lefkada regional unit, Greece.
* Agios Ilias
* Agios Nikitas
* Agios Petros
* Alexandros
* Apolpaina
* Asprogerakata
* Athani
* Charadiatika
* Chortata
* Dragano
* Drymonas
* Egklouvi
* Evgiros
* ...
References
External links
Official websiteKarya (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek)
Karya (village) on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek)
{{Karya
Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit)