Akrata municipality
Akrata, () is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, 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 Gulf of Corinth. 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, 52 km
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Akrata
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Ακράτα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Akratas.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
- 4247
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 1377
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 180.17
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Akrata, () is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, 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 Gulf of Corinth. 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, 52 km east of Patras and 23 km northeast of Kalavryta.
==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
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