Evrostini

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Evrostini
Ευρωστίνη
Location
Evrostini (Greece)
Evrostini
Coordinates 38°8′N 22°25′E / 38.133, 22.417Coordinates: 38°8′N 22°25′E / 38.133, 22.417
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center): 5 m (16 ft)
Government
Country: Greece
Periphery: Peloponnese
Prefecture: Corinthia
Population statistics (as of 2001[1])
City Proper
 - Population: 5,882
Codes
Postal: 200 09
Area: 27430
Auto: ΚΡ
Website
evrostini.gr

Evrostini (Greek: Ευρωστίνη) is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Corinthia, Greece. Its seat of administration is the town Derveni. It is linked by an old highway while the new highway is the closest 100 m south and is less than 50 m from the tracks and the furthest at 100 to 200 m away while the interchange is about 1 km W. Distance from Patras is about 73 km E, NW of Stymfalia, 4 km N of Rozena, about 50 km W of Corinth and about 142 km W of Athens. It is bordered with the prefecture of Achaea to the west.

Contents

[edit] Nearest places

  • Lygia (E)
  • Rozena (south)

[edit] Communes

  • Evrostina
  • Lygia
  • Rozena

[edit] Historical population

Year Communal population Change Municipal population
1981 1,347 -- - -
1991 1,060 -287/-21.31% 5,688

The village has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, post office, banks, a train station, a beach and a square (plateia). The town is lined up within the highway and the shoreline.

A grassy green mountain is about 100 south of the centre while another mountain is in the southwest. Olive groves are founded in the west. Farmlands are founded east of Derveni. Some forests are lined up with the superhighway.

[edit] External links

[edit] See also




North: Gulf of Corinth
West: Aigeira Evrostina East: Xylokastro
South: Feneos