Arachova
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Arachova (, also Αράχοβα) is a mountain town and a former municipality in the western part of Boeotia. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit, part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra. It is a tourist destination due to its location in the mountains, its traditions and its proximity to the town of Delphi. The town is a popular day or weekend trip destination from Attica and a gathering place for the rich and famous. This is not to be confused with Caryae (also spelled Karye) which is a town in the Southern Peleponnese that used to be called Arachova.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Arachova
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αράχωβα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Arachovis.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Boeotia
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 2439
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 139.45
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 968
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 320 04
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22670
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΒΙ
- Greek Dimos.website
- arachova.com
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Clockwise from top: View of Arachova, Arachova Town Hall, view of the center, a street in Arachova, Arachova Clock Tower, Arachova Square, Church of Agios Georgios
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 2494
- Elevation
- 970
- Shares border with
- Amfikleia-Elateia Municipality
- Official website
- www.daa.gov.gr/newsite
- Image
- Arachova2015.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2267
Show 4 more facts
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Arachova
- postal code
- 320 04
- native label
- Αράχωβα
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Historical significance
- Geography
- Climate
- Historical population
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Arachova (, also Αράχοβα) is a mountain town and a former municipality in the western part of Boeotia. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit, part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra. It is a tourist destination due to its location in the mountains, its traditions and its proximity to the town of Delphi. The town is a popular day or weekend trip destination from Attica and a gathering place for the rich and famous. This is not to be confused with Caryae (also spelled Karye) which is a town in the Southern Peleponnese that used to be called Arachova.
Greek rebels under Georgios Karaiskakis defeated the Ottomans at the 1826 Battle of Arachova.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arachova” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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