Erineos
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| Erineos Ερινεός |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Government | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Periphery: | West Greece |
| Prefecture: | Achaea |
| Mayor: | Andreas Varnakiotis |
| Population statistics (as of 2001[1]) | |
| City Proper | |
| - Population: | 3,768 |
| - Area:[2] | 99.67 km² (38 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 38 /km² (98 /sq mi) |
| Codes | |
| Postal: | 250 09 |
| Area: | 26910 |
| Auto: | ΑΧ |
| Website | |
| http://www.erineos.gr | |
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Erineos (Greek: Ερινεός) is a municipality in the east-northeastern part of the Achaea prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administration is in the village of Kamares (Greek, Modern: Καμάρες, Ancient/Katharevousa -rai or -re), older forms Kamarai and Kamare. The municipality is connected by the old road of GR-8 linking Patras and Corinth along with Aigio while the superhighway is to the north. Kamares is also linked with the road linking to Seliana, the only road linking through the Panachaicus. It is located about 10 km W of Aigio, about 40 km NW of Pteri, about 30 km E of Patras from the old road and about 36 km from the superhighwway via the Longos interchange to the east which its nearest interchange and is also accessed to Longos Beach. The municipality is the second northernmost municipality in the entire peninsula of the Peloponnese, right after Rio.
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[edit] Municipal districts
- Arravonitsa
- Synania or Synena
- Damakini
- Vounopyrgos
- Kamares
- Neos Erineos
- Salmeniko
- Ano Salmeniko
- Voteni
- Kato Salmeniko
- Neo Salmeniko
- Ziria
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- Ano Ziria
- Kyani Akti
- Lampiri
- Rodini
- Sarkouna
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[edit] Settlements without office
- Akoli
- Avythos
- Misochori
- Ovryokampos
[edit] Historical population
| Year | population | Change | Density | Percent of the prefecture |
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| 1981 | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 3,683 | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 3,768 | +85 or 2.31% | 37.81/km² | 1.17% |
[edit] Geography
The municipality are made up of farmlands which includes groves and some forest to the east and the northern part, the rest of the area are mountainous and are forested in the eastern and the central parts, the rest of the area are made up of grasslands and the western half is part of the Panachaiko mountain range. The Salmenikos river flows into the municipality.
[edit] History
The area had a Ryhpae land and the ancient city of Rhypae which was one of the cities of the Achaean League. By the sea had a naby between Athens and the Peloponnese around 412 BC. In Kamares, it has artifacts dating back to the Roman times in which one of them derives its name to the present town. In Salmeniko, it had a castle, the Orias Castle. In present-day Lampiri, it had a lake in the ancient times named Rhypae or Erineos. The origin of the name of Lampiri comes from the Frankish leader of the area Gerard de Lambri. The municipality was founded in 1994 and included the former communes of Kamares, Neos Erineos and Ziria. In 1998 under the Capodistrian Constitution added Arravonitsa, Damakini and Salmeniko.
The mountains to the northwest suffered a catastrophic forest fire in 1994 which saw hundreds of hectares englufed in flames. It took about five years to regreen the affected area.
[edit] Other
Erineos has schools, a lyceum, a church, banks, a post office, a few train stations and a square (plateia).
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Erineos from the Touristic Pages of the Achaia prefecture (Greek)
- Erineos on GTP Travel Pages
- Map and aerial photos:
- Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google orYahoo! Maps
- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
- Coordinates: Coordinates:
| Municipal districts of the municipality of Erineos |
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| Arravonitsa (Synaina or Synena) | Damakini (Vounopyrgos) | Kamares |(Bouka | Pefka) | Neos Erineos | Salmeniko (Ano Salmeniko | Kato Salmeniko | Neo Salmeniko | Voteni) | Ziria (Ano Ziria | Kyani Akri | Lampiri | Rodini | Sarkouna) |
| Greece | West Greece | Achaea | Aigaleia | Erineos |
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