Desino (, formerly Τεσινόν - ''Tesinon'') is a mountain village in the municipal unit of
Aroania,
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 ...
,
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 ...
. The village is situated in the eastern foothills of
Mount Erymanthos. The name is a corruption of the word στενό "narrow". Desino is 2 km east of
Kamenianoi, 4 km west of
Priolithos and 15 km southwest of
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 ...
.
Population
See also
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List of settlements in Achaea
References
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Populated places in Achaea
Kalavryta
Aroania