Akrata, () is a town and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Aigialeia Aigialeia (, ) is a municipality and a former Provinces of Greece, province (επαρχία) in the eastern part of the Achaea regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The municipality has an area of 723.063 km2. ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 180.169 km². Akrata is located on the right bank of the river Krathis, 3 km from its outflow into the

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. The Greek National Road 8A/ E65 (Patras - Corinth) and the railway from Patras to Corinth pass through the municipal unit, northeast of the town. The nearest town is Aigeira, 4 km to the east. It is 23 km southeast of

Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' (, ; ), is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the mun ...

, 52 km east of

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and 23 km northeast of

Kalavryta Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, G ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Akrata is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agia Varvara (Agia Varvara, Vounaki) *Akrata (Akrata, Palaiostafida, Pyrgos, Fournoi) * Ampelos * Kalamias (Kalamias, Kato Potamia, Potamitikos Gialos) * Krathio (Krathio, Goumaiika) * Mesorrougi (Mesorrougi, Ano Mesorrougi, Solos) * Paralia Platanou * Peristera (Peristera, Agridi, Chalkianika) * Platanos (Platanos, Ano Potamia, Korinthiako Balkoni, Tsivlos) * Porovitsa (Porovitsa, Paralia Porovitsis) * Sylivainiotika * Valimi * Voutsimos * Zarouchla

Historical population

Geography

Most of the municipal unit is mountainous, with only some flat areas near the

coast. Akrata is known for its beaches. The river Krathis flows from the

Aroania Aroania () (also known as "Sopoto") is a village and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Kalavryta, of which it is ...

mountain to sea through Akrata. Lake Tsivlos, formed by a landslide in 1912, is by the road linking Akrata and Zarouchla, 11 km southwest of Akrata.

History

The ruins of the ancient city of Aegae and its ancient theatre are found near Akrata. The municipality Akrata was founded in 1879 but was dissolved in 1914. The municipality was refounded in 1986 along with Sylivainiotika, Porovitsa and Krathio. In 1998 under the Capodistrian Plan, the municipality was enlarged to include every village and town in the municipality. Angelos Deloukas was the first mayor of the municipality. The countryside near Akrata was damaged by the 2007 Greek forest fires.

Media and books

*'' Styx - Greek local and monthly newspaper

References

Sources

*Anastasios M. Georgantopoulos, ''Foundation and evolution of Akrata'' (''Ίδρυση και Εξέλιξη της Ακράτας'') *Anastasios Georgantopoulos, ''Akrata in the last decade of 20th century'' (''Η Ακράτα στην τελευταία 10ετία του 20ου αιώνα'') *Athanasios Fotopoulos, ''Historic And Demographics Of The Eastern Area of

And

'', (''Ιστορικά και Λαογραφικά της Ανατολικής Αιγιάλειας και Καλαβρύτων''), Athens, 1982 (in

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)

External links

Official website

Environmental Education Center of Akrata

Akrata 1st Public School

Akrata 3rd Public School
{{Akrata Aigialeia Populated places in Achaea