Akrata

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Coordinates: 38°10′N 22°19′E

Akrata (Ακράτα)
Coordinates	38°10′ N 22°19′ E
Country	Greece
Periphery	West Greece
Prefecture	Achaea
Population	7,056 source (2001)
Area	180.17 km²
Population density	39 /km²
Elevation	140 m
Postal code	250 06
Area code	26950
Licence plate code	ΑΧ

Akrata, (Greek: Ακράτα) is a town and a municipality in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaia in the Peloponnese, Greece. The location is in a valley with two mountaintops. The river named Krathi flows near the centre of Akrata. The river empties east of Cape Akrata.

The urban area are on both mountains. Akrata Beach, where the hotels are located, is about 4 km NE and Cape Akrata also to the northeast. The nearby interchange for Gr-8A/E65 is in Aigeira 4 km SW and the old highway is to the northeast with two entrances. It is linked by a road linking Kranidi and Galatas along with Poros. It is located 82 km SE of Patras, SE of Aigio, WNW of Corinth, N of Tripoli and NE of Kalavryta.

Contents 1 Nearest places 2 Historical population 3 Geography 4 History 5 Other 6 Communities 7 External links 8 Media and books 9 See also

[edit] Nearest places

• Krathio, but it belongs to the community of Akrata and is known as 'Paralia Akrata'.

[edit] Historical population

Year	Population	Change	Municipal population	Change	Density
1991	1,508	-	5,492	-	47.45/km²
2001	-	-	6,871	1,379/25.11%	59.36/km²

[edit] Geography

Much of the area are grassy and forests are founded to the north. Farmlands dominate the northeast near the Krathio area where the buildings are to the northeast near the boundary with Aigeira. The municipality is also famous for its beaches lying near the Gulf of Corinth.

The mountains lie to the south and are mainly grassy and bushy. The forests are within the Gulf of Corinth to the north.

[edit] History

In the mid-20th century, roads became paved in the area and the villages first received electricity in the area.

Until the 1970s it was mostly a destination for the local population that had moved to Athens or Patra. Its took off as a tourist destination in the 1980s, especially for Greeks. Construction took off in the 1990s and the coast soon turned into a tighrly build, concrete zone.

On April 3, 2004, the municipality accepted the biological cleaning of the environment in the area. But since the local authorities have not decided where to build it, it remains on paper.

[edit] Other

Akrata has three schools, a lyceum, a gymnasium, churches, banks, a police station, a post office, a health centre and a square (plateia).

[edit] Communities

• Ampelos
• Kalamia
• Krathio
• Nonakrida
  • Agia Varvara
  • Messorougi
  • Peristera
  • Zarouchla
• Paralia Platanou
• Sylivena
• Valimi
• Voutsimos

[edit] External links

• In Greek:
  • Environmental Education Center of Akrata
  • Akrata 1st Public School
  • Data about the municipality and a map of Akrata
  • The City of Akrata

[edit] Media and books

• • [www.styga.gr Local, monthly newspaper, in Greek]

[edit] See also

• Akratas, a surname

Northwest: Diakopto	North: Gulf of Corinth
West: Diakopto	Akrata	East: Aigeira and Evrostyni
Southwest: Lefkasio	South: Arcadia prefecture

Communities of Akrata
Akrata | Ampelos | Kalamia | Krathio | Nonakrida | Paralia Platanou | Sylivena | Valimi | Voutsimos

Municipalities and communities of the Achaea Prefecture
Aigeira • Aigio • Akrata • Aroania • Diakopto • Dymi • Erineos • Farres • Kalavryta • Larissos • Lefkasio • Messatida • Movri • Olenia • Paion • Paralia • Patras • Rio • Sympoliteia • Tritaia • Vrachnaiika
Kalentzi • Leontio