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Xylokastro () is a seaside town and a former municipality in Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a unit or component. The municipal unit has an area of 310.252 km2.

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Xylokastro
Greek Dimos.name_local: Ξυλόκαστρο
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Xylokastrou.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: Peloponnese
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Corinthia
Greek Dimos.municipality: Xylokastro-Evrostina
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 12102
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 5601
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 310.3
Greek Dimos.elevation: 3
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 204 00
Greek Dimos.area_code: 27430
Greek Dimos.licence: ΚΡ
Greek Dimos.website: http://www.xylokastro-evrostini.gov.gr/
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Xylokastro-beach-Oct-2019.jpg

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Ξυλόκαστρον
Population: 2880
Elevation: 5
Official website: www.xylokastro-evrostini.gov.gr
Image: Port of Xylokastro.JPG
Dialing code: 2743

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postal code: 20400
native label: Ξυλόκαστρο
Commons category: Xylokastro

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Geographic features include a long 2 km white pebbled beach and semi-arid forest on varied terrain, scattered with early churches and evidence of early settlements and religious sites. It has narrowly separated upper and lower coastal roads and forms a medium-sized touristic village on the Gulf of Corinth. It is a popular coastal weekend location for many people of Athens.