Kiato ( el, Κιάτο) is a town in the northern part of
Corinthia
Corinthia ( el, Κορινθία ''Korinthía'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part ...
in the
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge which ...
,
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 wi ...
. It is the seat of the municipality of
Sikyona. Kiato is situated on 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 ...
, near the mouth of the river
Asopos. It has much
tourist
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism ...
activity mainly in the summer. The ancient city
Sicyon
Sicyon (; el, Σικυών; ''gen''.: Σικυῶνος) or Sikyon was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia. An ancient mon ...
was located 4 km southwest of present Kiato. Kiato is 4 km northwest of
Velo, 13 km southeast of
Xylokastro and 18 km northwest 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 ...
. The
Greek National Road 8A (
Patras
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- Corinth -
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...
) passes southwest of the town. It had a station on the now decommissioned
Piraeus-Patras railway, and it is the western terminus of a
Proastiakos
The Proastiakos ( el, Προαστιακός; "suburban") is Greece's Commuter rail service, run by Hellenic Train, on rail infrastructure owned by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) (lines) and GAIAOSE (buildings and Trains). These ser ...
(suburban railway) line to
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...
. Public transit passengers traveling between Patras and Athens now switch between train and bus in Kiato.
Historical population
Notable people
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Emilios T. Harlaftis
Emilios T. Harlaftis ( el, Αιμίλιος Χαρλαύτης; 29 March 1965, in Kiato – 13 February 2005, in Mainalo) was an astrophysicist.
Harlaftis obtained an undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Athens in 1987, and a ...
(1965–2005), astrophysicist
*
Giannis Spanos (b. 1943-2019), composer
*
Alexandros Alexandris (b. 1968), footballer
See also
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List of settlements in Corinthia
References
External links
Our Kiato
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Populated places in Corinthia