Larissos () 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' ...

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 local government reform in 2011, it a unit within the municipality

West Achaea West Achaea ( – ''Dytiki Achaia'') is a municipal subdivision within greater Achaea – an ancient region of West Greece which forms part of the modern territory of larger Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kato Achaia. The municip ...

. The municipal unit has an area of 225.729 km². Its seat of administration was in the village Lappas, part of the community Metochi. The municipal unit was named after the river

Larissos Larissos () is a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the local government reform in 2011, it a unit within the municipality West Achaea. The municipal unit has an area of 225.729&nbs ...

, which flows through it. It is the westernmost municipal unit of Achaea, stretching along the

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coast and the border with

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to the southern part of the

Movri Movri () is a forested mountain range in western Achaea, Greece. Its highest point is 719 m amsl. It covers part of the municipal units Movri (named after this mountain), Dymi, Larissos and Olenia, all in the municipality of West Achaea. It ...

hills. It is about 32 km southwest of

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and 50 km north of Pyrgos. The area is mostly flat, except the Movri hills in the southeast and the lower Mavra Vouna hills in the northwest, near

Cape Araxos Cape Araxos (), also known as Cape Pappas (Άκρα Πάππα), is a Cape (geography), cape in the northwest of the Peloponnese in Greece. It is the northwesternmost point of Peloponnese and separates the Gulf of Patras from the Ionian Sea. It li ...

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(GPA).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Larissos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agios Nikolaos Spaton (Agios Nikolaos, Agios Konstantinos) *

Apideonas Apideonas (Greek: Απιδεώνας) is a village in the municipal unit of Larissos, in Achaea, Greece. It is located in the plains near the Ionian Sea, 3 km southeast of Lappas, 7 km northeast of Varda and 33 km southwest of Patr ...

Araxos Araxos (, ) is a village and community in the municipal unit of Larissos, within the municipality of West Achaea, in the northwestern part of Achaea, Greece. It is located about 29 km southwest of Patras. The community consists of the villages ...

(Araxos, Kalogria, Paralimni) * Kagkadi *

Lakkopetra Lakkopetra () is a village and a community in the northeastern part of the municipal unit of Larissos, northwestern Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Lakkopetra, Ioniki Akti, Karnari and Limanaki. It is located on the Gulf of P ...

(Lakkopetra, Ioniki Akti, Karnari, Limanaki) * Mataragka (Mataragka, Kafalaiika) * Metochi (Metochi, Lappas, Neo Vouprasio, Vouprasio) * Michoi (Michoi, Kandalos, Tsamaiika, Psefteika) * Petas *

Riolos Riolos () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Larissos, Achaea, Greece. It is located on the northwestern edge of the Movri hills, 4 km north of Mataragka, 3 km southwest of Krinos, 6 km southeast of Lappas and 32 km south ...

(Riolos, Mazaiika) * Velitses (Ano Velitses, Kato Velitses)

Population history

Football (soccer) clubs

*Akadimos Larissou * Atromitos Lappa, a football (soccer) club currently playing in the Fourth Division *Ikaros Lakkopetra *Metochi FC

References

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Municipal unit of Larissos
{{West Achaea div Populated places in Achaea West Achaea

Subdivisions

Population history

Football (soccer) clubs

See also

References

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