| Evrostina Ευρωστίνα |
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Evrostina
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit: | Corinthia |
| Municipality: | Xylokastro-Evrostina |
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| - Population: | 5,882 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Postal: | 200 09 |
| Telephone: | 27430 |
| Auto: | ΚΡ |
| Website | |
| evrostini.gr | |
Evrostina (Greek: Ευρωστίνα) is a town 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] Its seat of administration is the town Derveni. The old Greek National Road 8 and the new Greek National Road 8A (Corinth - Patras) pass through the north of the municipal unit. 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 borders on Achaea to the west.
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The municipal unit Evrostina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
| Year | Municipal district | Municipality |
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| 1981 | 1,347 | - |
| 1991 | 1,060 | 5,688 |
| 2001 | 1,084 | 5,882 |
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.
| North: Gulf of Corinth | ||
| West: Aigeira | Evrostina | East: Xylokastro |
| South: Feneos |
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