Aigialeia

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Aigialeia
Αιγιάλεια
Egialia municipality map
Egialia municipality map
Aigialeia is located in Greece
Aigialeia
Aigialeia
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Location within the region
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Country Greece
Administrative region West Greece
Regional unit Achaea
Area
 • Municipality 729.4 km2 (281.6 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Municipality 49,872
 • Municipality density 68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Community
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 25x xx
Area code(s) 269xx
Vehicle registration ΑΧ

Aigialeia (Greek: Αιγιάλεια) is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) in the eastern part of the Achaea regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio.[2] The main towns are Aigio, Akrata and Diakopto. The municipality Aigialeia stretches from the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth to the mountainous interior of the Peloponnese peninsula. The main rivers of the municipality are the Selinountas and the Vouraikos.

Municipality

The municipality Aigialeia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

Province

The province of Aigialeia (Greek: Επαρχία Αιγιαλείας) was one of the three provinces of Achaea. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality, except the municipal unit Erineos.[3] It was abolished in 2006.

History

Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value). Present Aigialeia was the territory of the ancient Achaeans. Several towns of the Achaean League were located here: Rhypes, Aegium, Ceryneia, Boura, Helice, Aegae and Aigeira. Helice was submerged as a result an earthquake, which also destroyed Boura. In Roman times, the most important towns were Aegium and Aigeira.[4] In the Middle Ages, the area was ruled by Byzantines, Slavs, Franks, Venetians, and from the 16th century the Ottoman Turks. Aigialeia was liberated in the first stage of the Greek War of Independence, in 1821. Aigio was struck by an earthquake in 1995, damaging several buildings. The 2007 Greek forest fires cause great damage in the mountains of Aigialeia.

Transport

Roads

The main highways in Aigialeia are:

Railways

The Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways line Athens - Corinth - Aigio - Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia runs through Aigialeia. The Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway is a rack railway, offering passenger service as well.

Media

Newspapers, fanzines and others

Radio

Television

Sporting clubs

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
  3. Detailed census results 1991 PDF (39 MB) (Greek) (French)
  4. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.6.1, 7.24, 7.25