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Akrata, (Greek: Ακράτας) is a small town and a municipality in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaia in the Peloponnese, Greece. The location is in a valley with two mountaintops. The river named Krathis flows near the centre of Akrata. The river empties east of Cape Akrata. The urban area are on both mountains. Akrata Beach where the hotels are located is about 4 km NE and Cape Akrata is also to the northeast. The nearby interchange for Gr-8A/E65 is in Aigeira 4 km SW and the old highway is to the northeast with two entrances. It is linked by a road linking Kranidi and Galatas along with Poros. It is located 82 km SE of Patras, SE of Aigio, WNW of Corinth, N of Tripoli and NE of Kalavryta.
The municipality of Akrata existed in the period 1879 to 1914. It is again a municipality since 1986.
In the mid-20th century, roads became paved in the area and the villages first received electricity in the area.
On April 3, 2004, the municipality accepted the biological cleaning of the environment in the area.
| Statistics |
| Prefecture: |
Achaia |
| Province: |
Aigaleia |
| Location: |
38° 9' 31'' N 22° 18' 52'' E |
Population: (2001)
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7056
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Elevation:
-lowest:
-centre:
-highest: |
Gulf of Corinth
140 m(centre)
around 1,780 m Chelmos/Aroania |
| Number of communities: |
7 |
| Postal code: |
250 06 |
| Area/distance code: |
11-30-26950 (030-26950)-2 & 3
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| Municipal code: |
0703 |
| Car designation: |
AX |
| 3-letter abbreviation: |
AKR Akrata |
Mayors
Aggelis Deloukas, elected 1879
Nikolaos Papathanasopoulous, elected1986
Konstantinos Spiliotopoulos, 1998 to 2002
Panagiotis Melas, since 2002
Nearest places
Krathio, E
Historical population
| Year |
Population |
Municipal population |
| 2001 |
1778 |
7056 |
Geography
Much of the area are grassy and forests are founded to the north. Farmlands dominate the northeast near the Krathio area where the buildings are to the northeast near the boundary with Aigeira. The municipality is also famous for its beaches lying near the Gulf of Corinth.
The mountains lie to the south and are mainly grassy and bushy. The forests are within the Gulf of Corinth to the north.
Lake Tsivlou between Akrata and Zarouchla. In Peristera was the place of action the classic Greek movie Golfo
In Akrata there is the church of Agia Triada.
Other
Akrata has three schools, a lyceum, a gymnasium, churches, banks, a police station, a post office, a health centre and a square (plateia).
Division of the municipality
- Akrata / Δ.δ. Ακράτας [ 1778 ]
- Akrata / η Ακράτα [ 1737 ]
- Paliostafida / η Παλαιοσταφίδα [ 2 ]
- Pyrgos / ο Πύργος [ 8 ]
- Fournoi / οι Φούρνοι [ 31 ]
- Agias Varvaras / Δ.δ. Αγίας Βαρβάρας [ 312 ]
- Agias Varvara / η Αγία Βαρβάρα [ 279 ]
- Vounakion / το Βουνάκιον [ 33 ]
- Ampelos / Δ.δ. Αμπέλου -- η Άμπελος [ 249 ]
- Valimi / Δ.δ. Βαλιμής -- η Βαλιμή [ 111 ]
- Voutsimos / Δ.δ. Βουτσίμου -- ο Βούτσιμος [ 165 ]
- Zarouchla / Δ.δ. Ζαρούχλης -- η Ζαρούχλα [ 160 ]
- Kalamias / Δ.δ. Καλαμιά [ 517 ]
- Kato Potamia / η Κάτω Ποταμιά [ 38 ]
- Kalamias / ο Καλαμιάς [ 431 ]
- Potamitikos Gialos / ο Ποταμίτικος Γιαλός [ 48 ]
- Krathion / Δ.δ. Κραθίου [ 540 ]
- Krathion / το Κράθιον [ 405 ]
- Gkoumaiika / τα Γκουμαίικα [ 135 ]
- Mesorrougion / Δ.δ. Μεσορρουγίου [ 297 ]
- Mesorrougion / το Μεσορρούγιον [ 118 ]
- Ano Mesorrougi / το Άνω Μεσορρούγι [ 89 ]
- Solos / ο Σόλος [ 90 ]
- Paralia Platanou / Δ.δ. Παραλίας Πλατάνου -- η Παραλία Πλατάνου [ 539 ]
- Peristera / Δ.δ. Περιστέρας [ 331 ]
- Peristera / η Περιστέρα [ 260 ]
- Agridion / το Αγρίδιον [ 28 ]
- Chalkianika / τα Χαλκιάνικα [ 43 ]
- Platanos / Δ.δ. Πλατάνου [ 530 ]
- Platanos / ο Πλάτανος [ 408 ]
- Ano Potamia / η Άνω Ποταμιά [ 51 ]
- Korinthiako Balkoni / το Κορινθιακό Μπαλκόνι [ 31 ]
- Tsivlos / ο Τσιβλός [ 40 ]
- Porovitsa / Δ.δ. Ποροβίτσης [ 202 ]
- Paralia Porovitsis / η Παραλία Ποροβίτσης [ 95 ]
- Porovitsa / η Ποροβίτσα [ 107 ]
- Syliviniotika / Δ.δ. Συλιβαινιώτικων -- τα Συλιβαινιώτικα [ 1.325 ]
Agia Varvara
Agia Varvara is a mountain village (1100 m) on a side of Mount Chelmos. It is 30 km from Kalavryta. The ski center of Kalavryta is 20 km from the village, the lake Tsivlou 7 km. It was before 1912 part of the municipality of Nonakrida, then a community.
Paralia Platanou
Paralia Platanou is a sea-side village.
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