Velo ( el, Βέλο) is a town and a former 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 ...
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Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Velo-Vocha, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 76.952 km
2.
It 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 Isth ...
coast, about 15 km west from
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 o ...
, and 5 km southeast of
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 ...
.
Greek National Road 8
Greek National Road 8 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 8, abbreviated as EO8, common name: old Athens-Patras national road) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Attica, Peloponnese and West Greece regions. It connects Athens with ...
, the old Corinth-
Patras
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highway, passes through the town.
The community has an elementary school, a secondary school, a semi-professional soccer team named Ellas Velou and a square called 'Liberty square'.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Velo is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
* Velo (Velo, Sataiika)
*
Ellinochori
*
Kokkoni
*
Krines
*
Nerantza
*
Poulitsa
*
Stimagka
*
Tarsina
Historical population
Notable people
*
Stathis Psaltis
Stathis Psaltis ( el, Στάθης Ψάλτης; 27 February 1951 – 21 April 2017) was a Greek cinema, TV and theatre comic actor. He was best known for starring in many 1980s films, as many as four a year. He has been called "iconic" and a "h ...
, actor
*Alexis Kougias, lawyer
*Tryfon Papoutsis, actor
See also
*
List of settlements in Corinthia
This is a list of settlements in Corinthia, Greece.
* Agioi Theodoroi
* Agionori
* Agios Ioannis
* Agios Vasileios
* Aidonia
* Ancient Corinth
* Angelokastro
* Ano Trikala
* Archaia Feneos
* Archaia Nemea
* Archaies Kleones
* Asprokampos
...
References
External links
GTP - VeloGTP - Municipality of VeloOur Homeland ( www.pelopas.webs.com)
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Populated places in Corinthia