Lousika (

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: Λουσικά) is a village and a 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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. It is located 5 km southeast of

Kato Achaia Kato Achaia () is a town and a community in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is the seat of administration. The community Kato Achaia consists of the town ...

, 3 km south of

Alissos Alissos () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Dymi, Achaea, Dymi, Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Patras, 3 km east of Kato Achaia, 3 km southwest of Kaminia, Achaea, Kaminia and 17 km southwest of ...

, and 20 km southwest of

Patras Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

. The community includes the villages Ypsili Rachi and Spaliaraiika. Lousika was the seat of the former municipality of

Olenia Olenia () is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 189.534 km2. Population ...

. The river

Serdini The Serdini () is a small river of western Achaea, Greece. It is long. It is a left tributary of the Peiros near Kato Alissos. Geography The Serdini flows through the municipal units of Olenia and Dymi, Achaea, Dymi, both part of the municipalit ...

flows through the village.

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* Stamatios Douvos, (1983-), writer, philosopher, historian *

Nikolaos Kontopoulos Nikolaos Kontopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Κοντόπουλος, 1889–1958) was a Greek writer. He was born in the village of Lousika in Achaea, Greece. He studied in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cit ...

, (1889–1958 in

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

), writer

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Village's Site
{{West Achaea div Populated places in Achaea West Achaea Olenia

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