| Metochi Μετόχι |
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Metochi
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | West Greece |
| Regional unit: | Achaea |
| Municipality: | West Achaea |
| Municipal unit: | Larissos |
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| - Population: | 2,053 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Postal: | 270 52 |
| Telephone: | 26930 |
Metochi (Greek: Μετόχι) is a village in the municipal unit of Larissos and the western part of Achaea. It was the seat of the former municipality of Larissos. It is located about 3 km S of Kalogria, about 260 km W of Athens, about 57 km WSW of the Rio-Antirio bridge, about 45 km W of Patras and about 65 km N of Pyrgos.
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| Year | Village population | Municipal district population |
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| 1981 | - | 1,723 |
| 1991 | 571 | - |
| 2001 | 656 | 2,053 |
Metochi has a school, a church, a post office and a square (plateia). A lagoon named Prokopou lagoon is near Metochi. It is located near Kalogria Beach.
The beach is not far from Metochi where it overlooks the hills of Aetolia in the Aitoloacarnania prefecture, the islands of Oxeia and Echinades and the southern part of the Ionian Islands especially the island of Kefallinia in the west. Strofylia Forest, a forest of especially some willow or eucalyptus trees, surrounds much of Metochi except for the east where the land is used for farming. The forest covers much of the community and extends to a nearby hill in the southwest between Loutra Yrminis and Old Vouprasi. Wetlands dominate the areas within the beach.
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