Kalavryta
Sign in to saveKalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli. Notable mountains in the municipality are Mount Erymanthos in the west and Aroania or Chelmos in the southeast. Kalavryta is the southern terminus of the Diakopto-Kalavryta rack railway, built by Italian engineers between 1885 and 1895.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Καλαβρύτων
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 1,629
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Kalavryta
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Καλάβρυτα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Kalavryton.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Western Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Achaea
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 9223
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 1058.2
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 4929
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 531.8
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 1702
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +2013
- Area
- +531.80
- Elevation
- +735
- Official website
- www.kalavrita.gr
- Image
- Καλάβρυτα.jpg
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- P190
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- P706
- Peloponnese
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Article
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Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli. Notable mountains in the municipality are Mount Erymanthos in the west and Aroania or Chelmos in the southeast. Kalavryta is the southern terminus of the Diakopto-Kalavryta rack railway, built by Italian engineers between 1885 and 1895.
==History== Kalavryta is built near the ancient city of Cynaetha.