Sikyona ( el, Σικυώνα) is a municipality in
Corinthia
Corinthia ( el, Κορινθία ''Korinthía'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.
Geography
Cori ...
,
Greece
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. The seat of the municipality is in
Kiato
Kiato ( el, Κιάτο) is a town in the northern part of Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Sikyona. Kiato is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the river Asopos. It has much tourist activit ...
.
Sikyona takes its name from 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 mona ...
, which was located in the same territory.
Municipality
The municipality Sikyona was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
[
*]Feneos
Feneos (Greek: Φενεός, Latin: ''Pheneus'') is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sikyona, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal ...
*Sikyona
*Stymfalia
Stymfalia ( el, Στυμφαλία; grc, Στύμφαλος ''Stymphalos'') is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece, previously known by the name Matsiza (small cat in Albanian) due to its A ...
The municipality has an area of 602.539 km2, the municipal unit 171.268 km2.[
* Archaia Sikyona-Vasiliko]Bozikas
Bozikas ( el, Μποζικάς) is a village in the municipality of Sikyona, Corinthia, Greece. It is north of Nemea and southwest of Kiato. The village has about 250 inhabitants and is located at an elevation of . The red wine Agiorgitiko
Ag ...
* Diminio
* Gonoussa
Gonoessa ( grc, Γονόεσσα), also known as Gonussa or Gonoussa (Γονοῦσσα), was a city in ancient Achaea, Greece. The location of the city has not been found, but it is assumed to lie in the northwesternmost part of present Corinthia. ...
* Kato Diminio Kato or Katō may refer to:
Places
*Kato, Guyana, a village in Guyana
*Katō, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
* Katō District, Hokkaido, a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
* Katowice, a city in Southern Poland ...
* Sikyona (Kiato
Kiato ( el, Κιάτο) is a town in the northern part of Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Sikyona. Kiato is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the river Asopos. It has much tourist activit ...
)
* Klimenti
Kelmendi is a historical Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in Malësia ( Kelmend municipality) and eastern Montenegro (parts of Gusinje Municipality). It is located in the upper valley of the Cem river and its tributaries in the Accursed Mo ...
* Kryoneri
* Laliotis
* Megas Valtos
Magnús Þór Jónsson (born 7 April 1945), better known by the stage name Megas, is a vocalist, songwriter, and writer who is well known in his native Iceland.
Interest in music
Being an admirer of Elvis Presley, Megas welcomed the arrival of ...
* Mikros Valtos
* Moulki
* Paradeisi Paradisi ( el, Παραδείσι) is a village on the northern coast of the island of Rhodes, Greece. It has a population of 2,667 inhabitants (2011 census) and is the second-largest town (after Kremasti) in the municipal unit of Petaloudes.
The i ...
* Pasi
Pasi may refer to:
* Pasi (caste), a Hindu caste of northern India
* ''Pasi'' (film), a 1979 Tamil film
* Pasi (given name)
* Pasi (surname), a surname of the Pasi community
* Pasi, Papua New Guinea, a settlement near the coast of Sandaun Provinc ...
* Souli
Souli ( el, Σούλι) is a municipality in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Paramythia.
Name and History
The origin of the name Souli is uncertain. In the earliest historical text about Souli, written b ...
* Titani
Titani ( el, Τιτάνη, ''Titáni''; before 1927: Voivonta (Βοϊβοντά, ''Voïvontá''), from the Slavic title "voivode") is a village in the municipality of Sikyona, Corinthia, Greece. It is situated at the foot of the mountain Vesizas, ...
Historical population
References
External links
Municipalities of Peloponnese (region)
Populated places in Corinthia
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