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Aigialeia (, ) is a municipality and a former 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. The main towns are Aigio, Akrata and Diakopto. The municipality Aigialeia stretches from the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth to the mountainous interior of the Peloponnese peninsula. The main rivers of the municipality are the Selinountas and the Vouraikos.

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Aigialeia
Greek Dimos.name_local
Αιγιάλεια
Greek Dimos.type
municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map
2011 Dimos Egialias.png
Greek Dimos.periph
West Greece
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Achaea
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
46990
Greek Dimos.area_municipality
723.1
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.postal_code
25x xx
Greek Dimos.area_code
269xx
Greek Dimos.licence
ΑΧ
Greek Dimos.mayor
Panagiotis Andriopoulos
Greek Dimos.seat
Aigio
Greek Dimos.georegion
Peloponnese

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Δήμος Αιγιαλείας
Country
Greece
Capital
Aigio
Population
52954
Area
723.063
Shares border with
Sikyona Municipality
Headquarters
Aigio
Official website
aigialeia.eu
Image
2010 Dimos Egalias.svg
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topic's main category
Category:Aigialeia
Commons category
Aigialeia
postal code
25x xx
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Municipality
  • Province
  • History
  • Transport
  • Roads
  • Railways
  • Media
  • Newspapers, fanzines and others
  • Radio
  • Television
  • Sporting clubs
  • References

Aigialeia (, ) is a municipality and a former 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. The main towns are Aigio, Akrata and Diakopto. The municipality Aigialeia stretches from the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth to the mountainous interior of the Peloponnese peninsula. The main rivers of the municipality are the Selinountas and the Vouraikos.

==Municipality== The municipality Aigialeia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Aigeira Aigio Akrata Diakopto Erineos Sympoliteia

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aigialeia Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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