Aroania () (also known as "Sopoto") is a village 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' ...

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality

Kalavryta Kalavryta () 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 and northwest of Tripoli, G ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 173.804 km². The seat of administration was in the town of

Psofida Psofida (Greek: Ψωφίδα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania in the southern part of Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Psofida, Ano Psofida, Tripotama, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama and Vasiliki. ...

. The municipality is named after the village and the

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aroania is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agrampela (Agrampela, Platanitsa) * Agridi *

Alestaina Alestaina () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. It is 2 km south of Agridi, 3 km west of Aroania (village), 2 km north of Paos and 21 km southwest of Kalavryta. Population See also *List of settlements in ...

* Anastasi (Anastasi, Moni Agion Theodoron) *Aroania *

Desino Desino (, formerly Τεσινόν - ''Tesinon'') is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The village is situated in the eastern foothills of Mount Erymanthos. The name is a corruption of the word στενό "narr ...

Kamenianoi Kamenianoi () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the village Drovolovo. It is situated in the eastern foothills of Mount Erymanthos. Kamenianoi is 2 km west of Desino, 4 ...

(Kamenianoi, Drovolovo) *

Lechouri Lechouri () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the villages Kerasia and Selli. The village is situated at about above sea level, near the mountain Kallifoni, which is part ...

(Lechouri, Kerasea, Selli) *

Livartzi Livartzi () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the villages Livadi and Livartzino. Livartzi is situated at 850 m above sea level, in the southeastern foothills of Mount Er ...

(Livartzi, Livadi, Livartzino) *

Plaka Pláka () is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ...

(Psofida, Ano Psofida, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama, Tripotama, Vasiliki) *

Seires Seires (, before 1928: Βερσίτσι - ''Versitsi'') is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. It was named after the ancient town Seirae, that was part of Arcadian Azania. The community includes th ...

(Seires, Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini, Thomaiika)

Notable people

* Ioannis Sofianopoulos (1887–1951), politician

Population

References

{{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta