Kalentzi () is a village and a former community in

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 ...

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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 23.907 km². The population of the municipal unit is 276 (2021). It is renowned in Greece as the ancestral home of the

Papandreou Papandreou () is a Greek surname. It is the surname of: * Georgios Papandreou (historian) (1859–1940), historian and linguist * Georgios Papandreou (1888–1968), Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece. * Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens, D ...

political dynasty. Kalentzi is situated on the northern slope of

Mount Erymanthos Mount Erymanthos (, Latin: ''Erymanthus'') overall is an irregular massif of peaks connected by ridges embedded in the mountains located in the north of the Peloponnese, Greece. Erymanthos is on the west side. Its highest peak, Olenos or Olonos ...

, about 35 km south of

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Kalentzi is subdivided into the following villages: * Kalentzi * Agios Georgios * Diaselo (also known as ''Avrami'') * Bantsaiika

Election Results

Notable people

Georgios Papandreou Georgios Papandreou (, ''Geórgios Papandréou''; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964 ...

(1888–1968) politician

References

Populated places in Achaea Erymanthos (municipality)

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