Leontio
Sign in to saveLeontio (, before 1923: ) is a mountain village and a former municipality in the municipality of Erymanthos, Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 71.586 km2. It is situated in the southern foothills of the Panachaiko, 13 km east of Chalandritsa, 22 km southeast of Patras, 20 km southwest of Aigio and 19 km northwest of Kalavryta. Its population in 2021 was 394 for the community and 477 for the municipal unit. The village was renam
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Λεοντίου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +667
- Elevation
- +739
- Shares border with
- Patras
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- Leontio daskalos06.jpg
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- Peloponnese
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Leontio (, before 1923: ) is a mountain village and a former municipality in the municipality of Erymanthos, Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 71.586 km2. It is situated in the southern foothills of the Panachaiko, 13 km east of Chalandritsa, 22 km southeast of Patras, 20 km southwest of Aigio and 19 km northwest of Kalavryta. Its population in 2021 was 394 for the community and 477 for the municipal unit. The village was renamed after the ancient town of Leontium, the remains of which lie nearby.
==Subdivisions== The municipal unit Leontio is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): Ano Mazaraki Demesticha Leontio (Leontio, Vetaiika, Golemi, Thomaiika, Katsaitaiika, Kounavaiika, Ovryokambos)