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Diakopto
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Diakopto () is a coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km2. The town of Diakopto is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the Vouraikos river and at the lower end of the Vouraikos Gorge. The gauge Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway built in 1885 leads up to the town of Kalavryta passing the Mega Spilaio Monastery at about halfway. Diakopto is on the old Greek National Road 8 (Athens - Corinth - Patras); the new Greek National Road 8A (also Ath
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Διακοπτού
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 5,603
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Diakopto
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Διακοπτό
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Diakoptou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- 01.11.92 Διακοπτό Diakopto AA6454 (5804241758).jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Diakopto station in 1992 (metric gauge line no longer in use).
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 52
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Achaea
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Aigialeia
- Greek Dimos.districts
- 12
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 5603
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 1977
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 103.93
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 250 03
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 24230
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 1514
- Elevation
- 1
- Official website
- web.archive.org/web/20090831073205/http://www.diakopto.gov.gr
- Image
- 01.11.92 Διακοπτό Diakopto AA6454 (5804241758).jpg
- Dialing code
- 2691
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- Diakopto
- located in/on physical feature
- Peloponnese
- topic's main category
- Category:Diakopto
- postal code
- 250 03
- native label
- Διακοπτό
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
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- History
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- Sporting clubs
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Diakopto () is a coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km2. The town of Diakopto is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the Vouraikos river and at the lower end of the Vouraikos Gorge. The gauge Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway built in 1885 leads up to the town of Kalavryta passing the Mega Spilaio Monastery at about halfway. Diakopto is on the old Greek National Road 8 (Athens - Corinth - Patras); the new Greek National Road 8A (also Athens - Corinth - Patras) passes 1 km to the south. Diakopto is located about 40 km east of Patras, and 15 km southeast of Aigio.
==Subdivisions== The municipal unit Diakopto is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): Ano Diakopto (Ano Diakopto, Pounta) Diakopto (Diakopto, Kalyvitis, Kernitsa, Lofos) Eliki (Eliki, Kalanteri) Katholiko Keryneia (Keryneia, Nea Keryneia) Mamousia (Mamousia, Derveni, Stavria) Nikoleika Rizomylos Rodia Trapeza (Trapeza, Paralia Trapezis) Tripia (Tripia, Metochi, Terpsithea) Zachloritika
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