Erateini () is a village in the southern part of

Phocis Phocis (; ; ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gu ...

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. It was the municipal seat of the municipality of

Tolofon Tolofon (, also Τολοφώνας, ''Tolofonas''; before 1927: Βιτρινίτσα, ''Vitrinitsa'') is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which i ...

. Erateini is situated on the

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, 14 km west of

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, 19 km south of

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, 23 km southwest of

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and 35 km east of

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. The

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(

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- Nafpaktos -

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) passes through the village.

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The Primary School of Erateini was established around 1930 and it was provided with a new building in 1955. The Erateini Kindergarten was created in 1979. A year later, in 1980, the Erateini High School was established. In 1936 Erateini was connected to the electricity grid. In 1995 the village was significantly affected by the Aigio earthquake.

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{{Tolofona Populated places in Phocis Dorida

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