Galatas () is a village and a community in western Chalkeia,

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located at 14 m above sea level. The community includes the village Kryoneri.

Geography

Galatas sits at the foot of the mountain Varasova, at the left bank of the river

Evinos Evinos () is a river in western Greece, flowing into the Gulf of Patras. Its source is in the northern Vardousia mountains, near the village Artotina, Phocis. The river flows in a generally southwestern direction, for most of its length in Aet ...

. It lies 2 km east of Evinochori, 11 km east of

Missolonghi Missolonghi or Mesolongi (, ) is a municipality of 32,048 people (according to the 2021 census) in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis Mesolongiou (). Missolon ...

, 18 km west of

Antirrio Antirrio (, pronounced , ) is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a mu ...

and 25 km west of

Nafpaktos Nafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latini ...

. The

Greek National Road 5 National Road 5 (, abbreviated as EO5) is a single carriageway road in western Greece. It connects Antirrio, at the north end of the Rio-Antirrio bridge, with Ioannina in northwestern Greece, passing through Agrinio and Arta. The southern part, ...

(Patras-Antirrio-Agrinio-Ioannina) and the A5 motorway pass north of the village.

History

Galatas had its own train station on the currently abandoned railway line from the port of Kryoneri to

Agrinio Agrinio (Greek language, Greek: Αγρίνιο, ; Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 89,691 inhabitants (2021) as well as the seco ...

via Missolonghi and

Stamna Stamna () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Aitoliko in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located on a chain of low hills that separate the river Achelous River, Acheloos to the west from the bay of Aitoliko ...

. Between 1912 and 1997, Galatas was an independent community. In 1997, the village became part of the municipality of Chalkeia, which became part of the new municipality of

in 2011.

Historical population

References

External links

History of Galatas
at Galatas' website {{Nafpaktia div Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Nafpaktia