Trapeza ( el, Τράπεζα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of
Diakopto
Diakopto ( el, Διακοπτό) is a coastal town municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km2. Popul ...
,
Achaea,
Greece
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. It is located 4 km southeast of Diakopto and 8 km west of
Akrata. In 2001 Trapeza had a population of 274 for the village and 314 for the community, which includes the village Paralia Trapezis. Between 1892 and 1940, its name was ''Nea Voura'' (Νέα Βούρα).
Trapeza is located on a cliff, about 130 m above the
Gulf of Corinth. The
Greek National Road 8A
Greek National Road 8a ( el, Εθνική Οδός 8a, abbreviated as EO8a) was a toll road in the Attica, Peloponnese and West Greece regions. It connected Athens with the cities of Corinth and Patras. It was built in the 1960s as a replacemen ...
(Patras - Corinth) and the railway Patras - Corinth run along the shore below the village. Trapeza has a well known beach called ''Pounta''. The ancient city of
Boura may have been located near present Trapeza.
Climate
Trapeza has a hot-summer
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...
(
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
: ''Csa''). Trapeza experiences hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters.
Population
External links
Trapeza on GTP Travel PagesTrapeza on www.ediakopto.gr
See also
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List of settlements in Achaea
References
{{Diakopto
Aigialeia
Diakopto
Populated places in Achaea