Aspra Spitia (), is a town in the municipal unit

Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra () is a municipality in the Boeotia regional unit, Central Greece, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares ...

, in

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...

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 th ...

. In 2021, its population was 1,676.

History

Aspra Spitia was founded in 1960, planned by Doxiadis Associates to house industrial workers for

Aluminum of Greece Aluminium of Greece (, ''Aloumínio tēs Elládos''; ) is an aluminium producing company in Greece. It was founded in 1960 by a conglomerate including French aluminium producer Pechiney. Its headquarters are in Marousi, Athens. Its production ...

's nearby

aluminum Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...

plant. Its alternate name is "Paralia Distomou". Aspra Spitia is situated on the north coast of the Corinthian Gulf, 2 km northeast of

Antikyra Antikyra or Anticyra () is a port on the west coast of the Gulf of Antikyra named after it. That gulf is a north-coast bay of the Gulf of Corinth. The settlement was made basically on a floor and beach fringing the northeast side of the mountaino ...

, 10 km southwest of

Distomo :"Distomo" ''may also refer to a work by Federico García Lorca'' Distomo () is a town in western Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, of which it is the seat and a muni ...

and 25 km west of

Livadeia Livadeia ( ''Livadiá'', ; or , ''Lebadia'') is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the Boeotia Regional units of Greece, regional district. Livadeia lies north-west of Athens, west of Chalkida, south-east of Lamia (city), Lamia, ...

. The 2010 film '' Attenberg'' was shot in Aspra Spitia.

Population

Persons

Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis Constantinos A. Doxiadis (14 May 1913 – 28 June 1975), often cited as C. A. Doxiadis, was a Greek architect and urban planner. During the 1960s, he was the lead architect and planner of Islamabad, which was to serve as the new capital city ...

References

External links

Constantinos A. Doxiadis: Aspra Spitia. A New "Greek" City

Municipality of Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra
{{Distomo Populated places in Boeotia Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Gulf of Corinth