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Mapsos
Koutalas () is a rural village and a community in southern Corinthia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Tenea. In 2021 its population was 578 for the community, which consists of the villages Koutalas, Mapsos and Spathovouni. Koutalas is situated on a hillside, 3 km northwest of Chiliomodi, 5 km northeast of Agios Vasileios and 14 km southwest of Corinth. Koutalas suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires. See also *List of settlements in Corinthia This is a list of settlements in Corinthia, Greece. * Agioi Theodoroi * Agionori * Agios Ioannis * Agios Vasileios * Aidonia * Ancient Corinth * Angelokastro * Ano Trikala * Archaia Feneos * Archaia Nemea * Archaies Kleones * Asprokampos ... References Populated places in Corinthia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Greek Forest Fires
The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive wildfire, forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged out of control until 27 August, until they were finally put out in early September. The fires mainly affected western and southern Peloponnese as well as southern Euboea. The death toll in August alone stood at 67 people. In total 85 people lost their lives because of the fires, including several fire fighters. Some of these firestorms are believed to be the result of arson while others were merely the result of negligence. Hot temperatures, including three consecutive 2007 European heat wave, heat waves of over , and severe drought rendered the 2007 summer unprecedented in History of modern Greece, modern Greek history. From the end of June to early September, over 3,000 forest fires were recorded across the nation. Nine more people were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenea
Tenea () is a municipal unit within the municipality of Corinth (municipality), Corinth, Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece. The municipal unit has an area of . Until 2011, its municipal seat was in Chiliomodi. The modern city is named after ancient Tenea, established approximately southeast of Ancient Corinth, Corinth and northeast of Mycenae shortly after the Trojan War. According to Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, Tenea's founders were Trojan prisoners of war whom Agamemnon had allowed to build their own town. The name Tenea is styled upon Tenedos, the founders' hometown, whose mythological eponym was the hero Tenes. Tenea and Rome, according to Virgil's ''Aeneid'', had in the years following the Trojan War produced citizens of Trojan ancestry. Under the leadership of Archias of Corinth, Archias in 734 or 733BC, Teneans and Corinthians established the joint colony of Syracuse, Italy, Syracuse in Sicily, the homeland of Archimedes. History Tenea was the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peloponnese (region)
The Peloponnese Region (, ) is a region in southern Greece. It borders Western Greece to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about . It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis which belong to Western Greece and a small portion of the Argolid peninsula that is part of Attica. Administration The Peloponnese Region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2011 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with the Western Greece and Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Tripoli and is divided into five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), * Arcadia, * Argolis, * Corinthia, * Laconia and * Messenia, which are further subdivided into 26 municipalities. The largest city of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinthia
Corinthia (; ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Geography Corinthia borders on Achaea to the west and southwest, the Gulf of Corinth and Attica to the north, the Saronic Gulf to the east, Argolis to the south and Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia to the southwest. The Corinth Canal, carrying ship traffic between the Ionian Sea, Ionian and the Aegean Sea, Aegean seas, is about east of Corinth, cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth. Corinthia is increasingly seen as part of the wider metropolitan area of Athens, with municipalities, such as Agioi Theodoroi in the easternmost part of the regional unit, being considered suburbs of Athens. The area around Corinth and the western Saronic Gulf, Saronic including the southeastern part are made up of fault lines including the Corinth Fault, the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinth (municipality)
The municipality of Corinth is a Greek municipality located in the Peleponnese region established on 1 January 2011 under the Kallikratis Plan for local government reform. The municipality is made up of five previous municipalities: Assos-Lechaio, Corinth, Saronikos, Tenea Tenea () is a municipal unit within the municipality of Corinth (municipality), Corinth, Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece. The municipal unit has an area of . Until 2011, its municipal seat was in Chiliomodi. The modern city ... and Solygeia. The area of the new municipality is 611.29 square kilometers and it has a population of 55,641, based on the 2021 census. The seat of the municipality is Corinth and its symbol is the Pegasus. Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Corinth (Municipality) Municipalities of Peloponnese (region) Populated places in Corinthia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiliomodi
Chiliomodi () is a village in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Tenea. Chiliomodi is situated in a valley, 3 km southeast of Koutalas, 5 km west of Athikia, 21 km southwest of Corinth and 43 km northeast of Argos. It is on the Greek National Road 7 (Corinth – Argos – Tripoli – Kalamata) and on the railway from Corinth to Kalamata. Chiliomodi has several schools, shops and a church. Chiliomodi suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires. Climate Chiliomodi has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Csa''). Chiliomodi experiences hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Notable people * Panagiotis Verdes, inventor of 6x6x6, 7x7x7, 8x8x8, 9x9x9 Twisty Puzzles *Irene Papas (1929–2022), actress and singer * Manousos Manousakis (born 1950), writer, director * 1000mods, stoner rock band Historical population Archaeological findings Near the village of Chiliomodi in 2018, arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agios Vasileios, Corinthia
Agios Vasileios ( meaning Saint Basil) is a village in the municipal unit of Tenea in Corinthia, Greece. It is located about 25 km to the south of the city of Corinth, approximately halfway along the old national road to Argos ( GR-7). It lies at the foot of the Dafnias mountains and the Chouni Pass. Historical population Historical overview Prehistory Archaeological excavations prove that the area around Agios Vasilios has been settled since pre-historical times. Zygouries, west of Agios Vasilios, was excavated by the American archaeologist Carl William Blegen in the 1920s. He found a Bronze Age settlement dating from approximately 1300 BC to 1320 BC. Sadly, agricultural work and forestry on Zygouries hill has destroyed one of the most important pre-historical settlements of the Balkans. Obsidian, sherds of which can be found over the whole area (particularly south of Agios Sostis (the cave of Antonis in the area of Boubakia), in the Chouni Pass southwest of the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinth
Corinth ( ; , ) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece. The successor to the ancient Corinth, ancient city of Corinth, it is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the Corinth (municipality), municipality of Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is the capital of Corinthia. It was founded as Nea Korinthos (), or New Corinth, in 1858 after an earthquake destroyed the existing settlement of Corinth, which had developed in and around the site of the ancient city. History Corinth derives its name from Ancient Corinth, a city-state of antiquity. The site was occupied from before 3000 BC. Ancient Greece Historical references begin with the early 8th century BC, when ancient Corinth began to develop as a commercial center. Between the 8th and 7th centuries, the Bacchiad family ruled Corinth. Cypselus overthrew the Bacchiad f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Corinthia
This is a list of settlements in Corinthia, Greece. * Agioi Theodoroi * Agionori * Agios Ioannis * Agios Vasileios * Aidonia * Ancient Corinth * Angelokastro * Ano Trikala * Archaia Feneos * Archaia Nemea * Archaies Kleones * Asprokampos * Assos * Athikia * Bolati * Bozikas * Chalkeio * Chelydoreo * Chiliomodi * Corinth * Dafni * Dendro * Derveni * Dimini * Drosopigi * Elliniko * Ellinochori * Evangelistria * Evrostina * Examilia * Feneos * Galataki * Galatas * Geliniatika * Gonoussa * Goura * Isthmia * Kaisari * Kalianoi * Kallithea * Kamari * Karya * Kastania * Kastraki * Katakali * Kato Assos * Kato Dimini * Kato Loutro * Kato Synoikia Trikalon * Kato Tarsos * Kefalari * Kiato * Klenia * Klimenti * Kokkoni * Korfiotissa * Korfos * Koutalas * Koutsi * Krines * Kryoneri * Kyllini * Lafka * Lagkadaiika * Laliotis * Lechaio * Leonti * Loutraki-Perachora * Lygia * Lykoporia * Manna * Mati * Megas Valtos * Melissi * Mesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
