Aspropotamos, Evrytania
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Aspropotamos () is a former municipality in the northwestern part of
Evrytania Evrytania ( ; ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (administrative region), Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi (approx. 8,000 inhabitants). Geography Evrytania is ...
,
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Agrafa Agrafa (, ) is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa regional units in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range. There is also a municipality with the same name, the Munic ...
, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 125.954 km2. Population 1,386 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Raptopoulo.
Aetolia-Acarnania Aetolia-Acarnania (, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Central Greece (geographic region), Central Greece and the administrative regions of Greece, ...
is to the west and the Karditsa regional unit to the north. Aspropotamos is located west-southwest of
Karditsa Karditsa ( ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of the region of Thessaly. Climate Karditsa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: '' ...
, northwest of
Karpenisi Karpenisi (, ) is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Evrytania. Karpenisi lies within the valley of the river Karpenisiotis (Καρπενησιώτης), a tributary of the Megdovas, in the southern part of the ...
and north-northeast of
Agrinio Agrinio (Greek language, Greek: Αγρίνιο, ; Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 89,691 inhabitants (2021) as well as the seco ...
. The municipality was named after the Aspropòtamos river ("white river" in greek).


Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aspropotamos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Kedra * Lepiana * Neo Argyri * Prasia * Raptopoulo


Other

Aspropotamos has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office.


References

Populated places in Evrytania Agrafa (municipality) {{CentralGreece-geo-stub