Chalandritsa
Sign in to saveChalandritsa () is a town and a community in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is the seat of administration. Chalandritsa is situated in hills north of the river Peiros, 17 km south of Patras. The community consists of the settlements Chalandritsa, Mastoraiika-Stamaiika and Kydonies. From 1835 until 1912, and again from 1998 until 2011 it was a municipal district and the seat of the municipality of Farres. Chalandritsa is at the edge of a seismic fault, which caused a minor earthquake in February 2008.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Chalandritsa
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Χαλανδρίτσα
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Spring view of Chalandritsa.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Chalandritsa
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 334
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Achaea
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Erymanthos
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Farres
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 929
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 25008
- Greek Dimos.licence
- AX
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.farron.gov.gr
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Chalandritsa () is a town and a community in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is the seat of administration. Chalandritsa is situated in hills north of the river Peiros, 17 km south of Patras. The community consists of the settlements Chalandritsa, Mastoraiika-Stamaiika and Kydonies. From 1835 until 1912, and again from 1998 until 2011 it was a municipal district and the seat of the municipality of Farres. Chalandritsa is at the edge of a seismic fault, which caused a minor earthquake in February 2008.
==History== According to Pouqueville the name "Chalandritsa" stems from "Χαλασμένη Τριταία" ("broken Tritaia"), referring to bad climate. Triantafyllou suggests that it comes either from the nearby town Chalampreza that was abandoned in the early 19th century, or from the Byzantine word Chalandra. Other names for the town are: Kalampreza, Chalantritza and Chalaoyritza. The historian Stefanos Thomopoulos wrote that it was named thus because during Byzantine rule the notorious bandit Andritsos was killed here ("Χάλασμα του Ανδρίτσου" = "breaking of Andritsos").