Akrata, ( el, Ακράτα) is a town and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 180.169 km². Akrata is located on the right bank of the river Krathis, 3 km from its outflow into the

Gulf of Corinth The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf ( el, Κορινθιακός Kόλπος, ''Korinthiakόs Kόlpos'', ) is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea, separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. It is bounded in the east by the Ist ...

. The Greek National Road 8A/ E65 (Patras - Corinth) and the railway from Patras to Corinth pass through the municipal unit, northeast of the town. The nearest town is Aigeira, 4 km to the east. It is 23 km southeast of

Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' ( el, Αίγιο, Aígio, ; la, Aegium), is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipali ...

, 52 km east of Patras and 23 km northeast of

Kalavryta Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras an ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Akrata is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agia Varvara (Agia Varvara, Vounaki) *Akrata (Akrata, Palaiostafida, Pyrgos, Fournoi) *

Ampelos Ampelos ( grc-gre, Ἂμπελος, lit." Vine") or Ampelus ( Latin) was a personification of the grapevine and lover of Dionysus in Greek and Roman mythology. He was a satyr that either turned into a Constellation or the grape vine, due to Di ...

* Kalamias (Kalamias, Kato Potamia, Potamitikos Gialos) * Krathio (Krathio, Goumaiika) * Mesorrougi (Mesorrougi, Ano Mesorrougi, Solos) *

Paralia Platanou Paralia ( el, Παραλία, ''Paralía'') is a Greek term meaning "beach" or "coastline". Towns * Paralia, Achaea * Paralia, Pieria * Paralia Distomou * Paralia Lygias * Paralia Skotinas * Paralia Avdira * Paralia Panteleimonos * Paralios Kaisar ...

Peristera Peristera ( el, Περιστέρα, feminine form of pigeon), also Aspro, locally Xero (meaning dry), Eudemia in antiquity, is a Greek island in the Sporades. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos and is also directly east ...

(Peristera, Agridi, Chalkianika) * Platanos (Platanos, Ano Potamia, Korinthiako Balkoni, Tsivlos) * Porovitsa (Porovitsa, Paralia Porovitsis) * Sylivainiotika * Valimi * Voutsimos * Zarouchla

Historical population

Geography

Most of the municipal unit is mountainous, with only some flat areas near the

coast. Akrata is known for its beaches. The river Krathis flows from the Aroania mountain to sea through Akrata. Lake Tsivlos, formed by a landslide in 1912, is by the road linking Akrata and Zarouchla, 11 km southwest of Akrata.

History

The ruins of the ancient city of Aegae and its ancient theatre are found near Akrata. The municipality Akrata was founded in 1879 but was dissolved in 1914. The municipality was refounded in 1986 along with Sylivainiotika, Porovitsa and Krathio. In 1998 under the

Capodistrian Plan Kapodistrias reform ( el, Σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman Ioannis Kapod ...

, the municipality was enlarged to include every village and town in the municipality. Angelos Deloukas was the first mayor of the municipality. The countryside near Akrata was damaged by the

2007 Greek forest fires The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive 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 co ...

Media and books

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Styx In Greek mythology, Styx (; grc, Στύξ ) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, ...

- Greek local and monthly newspaper

References

Sources

*Anastasios M. Georgantopoulos, ''Foundation and evolution of Akrata'' (''Ίδρυση και Εξέλιξη της Ακράτας'') *Anastasios Georgantopoulos, ''Akrata in the last decade of 20th century'' (''Η Ακράτα στην τελευταία 10ετία του 20ου αιώνα'') *Athanasios Fotopoulos, ''Historic And Demographics Of The Eastern Area of Aigialeia And

'', (''Ιστορικά και Λαογραφικά της Ανατολικής Αιγιάλειας και Καλαβρύτων''), Athens, 1982 (in

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)

External links

Official website

Environmental Education Center of Akrata

Akrata 1st Public School

Akrata 3rd Public School
{{Akrata Aigialeia Populated places in Achaea