Paia ( el, Πάϊα) is a former

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 ...

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

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 northw ...

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 with ...

. The seat of the municipality was in Dafni. The municipality was created after the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

and was dissolved in 1912. It was recreated in 1998 under the

Capodistrian Plan Kapodistrias reform ( el, Σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman Ioannis Kapod ...

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalavryta, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 99.325 km².

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Paia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Amygdalea *

Chovoli Chovoli ( el, Χόβολη) is a community in the municipal unit of Paion in southern Achaea, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of th ...

(Ano Chovoli, Kato Chovoli) * Dafni * Nasia *

Paos Paos ( el, Πάος, before 1927: Σκούπι - ''Skoupi'') is a village and a community in Achaea, Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Paion. In 2011 its population was 253 for the village and 298 for the community, which includes t ...

(Paos, Vesini, Dechounaiika, Palaios Paos, Potamia) * Pefko *

Skotani Skotani (Greek: Σκοτάνη, before 1928: Κόκοβα - ''Kokova''), is a small mountain village in the municipal unit of Paion, Achaea, Greece. In 2011 its population was 60 for the village and 99 for the community, which includes the village ...

(Skotani, Agios Georgios)

Population

Mayors

*Papadimitrakopoulos (1907–1912) ''Empros'', 7-5-1907

References

External links

Official website
Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta {{WGreece-geo-stub