Farres () is 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' ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 241.848 km². The municipality of Farres existed between 1835 and 1912, and again between 1998 and 2011. Its seat of administration was in the town Chalandritsa. Farres is situated in the centre of Achaea, on the upper courses of the rivers

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and Parapeiros. Towards the southeast (

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) and northeast (

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) the terrain is increasingly mountainous. It is located about 15 km south of

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and 30 km west 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 ...

. The Greek National Road 33 (Patras - Tripoli) runs through western Farres.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Farres is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Chalandritsa (Chalandritsa, Kydonies, Mastoraiika-Stamaiika) * Chrysopigi (Chrysopigi, Ano Chrysopigi) * Elliniko (Elliniko, Agia Eleousa, Koumani, Neochori, Chrysavgi) * Fares (Fares, Prevedos) * Isoma * Kalanistra (Kalanistra, Rodia) *

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* Kalousi * Katarraktis * Kritharakia (Kritharakia, Asteri, Toskes) * Lakkomata (Lakkomata, Tsapournia) * Mirali * Neo Kompigadi (Neo Kompigadi, Micha, Platanos) * Platanovrysi (Platanovrysi, Agia Paraskevi, Kato Platanovrysi, Koimisis) * Starochori (Ano Starochori, Dafnoula, Kato Starochori, Trousas) * Vasiliko (Vasiliko, Agrilia, Kydonies, Sterna, Stefani)

Historical population

History

Near Chalandritsa, a Mycenaean settlement was excavated in 1985. Pharae was one of the cities of the

Achaean League The Achaean League () was a Hellenistic period, Hellenistic-era confederation of polis, Greek city-states on the northern and central Peloponnese. The league was named after the region of Achaea (ancient region), Achaea in the northwestern Pelopon ...

. After the Roman conquest, it belonged to

. During the Frankish rule (13th-14th century) the Barony of Chalandritsa was established. The barony was ruled by the French Dramelay (or Trémolay) family and later the Genoese Zaccaria family. The remains of the Frankish castle have been preserved. Ottoman rule lasted until the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

, in which the area was liberated in 1821–1822. Two earthquakes, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, struck the municipality on February 5, 2008, causing little damage.

References

Notes

*''Chalandritsa'' (Η Χαλανδρίτσα), Stefanos Thomopoulos, 1937 *''History Of The Cities Of Patras, Volume I & II'' (''Ιστορία της πόλεως Πατρών , Τόμοι Α΄& Β΄'' = ''Istoria tis poleos Patron, Tomi I & II''), Stefanos Thomopoulos, Achaikes Ekdoseis *''Archaies poleis perix tis Olympias'' (''Αρχαίες πόλεις πέριξ της Ολυμπίας'' = ''Ancient Cities Beyond Olympia'', Vasilis Taktikos, Athanasios Koumartzis, Anadrasi, Athens 2002 *''O emfylios polems stin Achaia'' (''Ο εμφύλιος πόλεμος στην Αχαία'' = ''The Civil War in Achaia''), Vasileios Lazaris, Sygchroni Epochi, Athens, 2006

External links

Official website
{{Farres Populated places in Achaea Erymanthos (municipality) Populated places established in 1835