Aigeira
Sign in to saveAigeira () (, or Αἴγειρα, ) is a town and a former municipality in northeastern Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality, with an area of 103.646 km2. The municipal unit stretches from the Gulf of Corinth, where the town of Aigeira is located, to the mountains in the south. The town of Aigeira is southeast of Aigio, northwest of Corinth and east of Patras.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Aigeira
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αιγείρα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Egiras.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Achaea
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Aigialeia
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 2293
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 1309
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 103.65
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 10
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 250 10
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 26960
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΑΧ
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.aigeira.gr aigeira.org, [English]
- Greek Dimos.districts
- 11
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Aigeira () (, or Αἴγειρα, ) is a town and a former municipality in northeastern Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality, with an area of 103.646 km2. The municipal unit stretches from the Gulf of Corinth, where the town of Aigeira is located, to the mountains in the south. The town of Aigeira is southeast of Aigio, northwest of Corinth and east of Patras.
The archaeological site of ancient Aigeira is located approximately from the modern town. It is an important site for the Mycenaean and later periods, with particularly extensive remains from the Hellenistic period. It has been excavated since 1916 by archaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens.
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