Aroania

Aroania (Greek: Αροάνια) (also known as "Sopoto") is a village and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalavryta, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 173.804 km2.[3] The population is 1,619 (2011 census). The seat of administration was in the town Psofida. The municipality is named after the village and the mountain.

For the eponymous mountain see Aroania (mountain).
Aroania
Αροάνια
Aroania is located in Greece
Aroania
Aroania
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°53′N 22°1′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Greece
Regional unitAchaea
MunicipalityKalavryta
Districts11
 • Municipal unit173.8 km2 (67.1 sq mi)
Elevation
782 m (2,566 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
1,619
 • Municipal unit density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Community
[1]
 • Population46 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
250 16
Vehicle registrationKK

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aroania is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Agrampela (Agrampela, Platanitsa)
  • Agridi
  • Alestaina
  • Anastasi (Anastasi, Moni Agion Theodoron)
  • Aroania
  • Desino
  • Kamenianoi (Kamenianoi, Drovolovo)
  • Lechouri (Lechouri, Kerasea, Selli)
  • Livartzi (Livartzi, Livadi, Livartzino)
  • Plaka
  • Psofida (Psofida, Ano Psofida, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama, Tripotama, Vasiliki)
  • Seires (Seires, Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini, Thomaiika)

Notable people

Population
YearPopulation
19912,315
20012,551
20111,619

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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