| Tritaia Τριταία |
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Tritaia
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | West Greece |
| Regional unit: | Achaea |
| Municipality: | Erymanthos |
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| - Population: | 5,462 |
| - Area: | 244.798 km2 (95 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 22 /km2 (58 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (min-max): | 30 - 60 m (98 - 197 ft) |
| Postal: | 250 15 |
| Telephone: | 26940 |
| Auto: | AX |
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| www.tritaia.gr | |
Tritaia (Greek: Τριταία) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] Population 5,462 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Stavrodromi. The municipality was first founded in 1835.
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The municipal unit Tritaia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
| Year | Population |
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| 1991 | 5,051 |
| 2001 | 5,462 |
Its geography features a fertile valley to the north, the mountains that include Erymanthos to the east and Skollis to the west and forests in the southern and the eastcentral parts. Up from 2/3 to 4/5 of the way bounds the community of Kalentzi. The GR-31 (Patras - Tripoli) runs in the middle
Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.
Its origin of the name dates back to the ancient times. In greek mythology, the city was founded by Melanippus, son of Ares and Triteia, daughter of the sea-god Triton.[2]
It was later a part of the Roman Empire and after, Tritaia was part of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire. In the early-13th century, the area fell to the Franks, it later fell to the Ottoman Turks with some interruptions by the Venetians in the mid to late 15th century and from the 1670s until the 1710s. The settlement later was abandoned and lost its name and importance. Tritaia did not became Greek until the Greek War of Independence and won. The name was revived and was became use in the municipality that was first created in 1835 it added Erymanthia in the 1840s. It was dissolved in 1912 and revived in 1998 under the Capodistrian Plan. Several of its inhabits moved to its neighborhood known as Psarofai in southeast central Patras in the 1960s, several others also went abroad.
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, most of its buildings were rebuilt. Its population moved to larger towns and cities in Greece and abroad including Patras where some of its inhabitants moved to the Neighbourhood of Psarofai.
| North: Farres | ||
| West: Olenia |
Tritaia | East: Kalentzi, Kalavryta |
| Southwest: Pineia | South: Lasiona |
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