Evrostina Explained

Evrostina
Name Local:Ευρωστίνα
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Peloponnese
Periphunit:Corinthia
Pop Municunit:3468
Pop Community:606
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:101.4
Coordinates:38.0667°N 46°W
Postal Code:200 09
Area Code:27430
Licence:ΚΡ

Evrostina (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ευρωστίνα) is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 101.415 km2.[2] The seat of administration of the former municipality was the town Derveni.

Geography

Evrostina is a mountain village, situated at about 650 m elevation between the mountain Mavro oros (elevation 1757 m) to the south and the mountain Evrostina (elevation 1208 m) to the northwest. The most populous village of the municipal unit, Derveni, is 7 km to the north on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth. Evrostina is 20 km west of Xylokastro and 50 km west of Corinth.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Evrostina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Historical population

Year CommunityMunicipal unit
1981 1,347 -
1991 1,060 5,688
2001 1,084 5,882
2011 750 4,088
2021 606 3,468

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .