Alpochori, Achaea

Alpochori
Αλποχώρι
Alpochori
Coordinates: 37°58′N 21°47′E / 37.967°N 21.783°E / 37.967; 21.783Coordinates: 37°58′N 21°47′E / 37.967°N 21.783°E / 37.967; 21.783
Country Greece
Administrative region West Greece
Regional unit Achaea
Municipality Erymanthos
Municipal unit Tritaia
Highest elevation 570 m (1,870 ft)
Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
  Rural 188
Community
  Population 424
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 251 00
Vehicle registration AX

Alpochori (Greek: Αλποχώρι, also Αλεποχώρι Alepochori) is a village and a community in southern Achaea, Greece. Alpochori is located on the northern slope of Mount Erymanthos, about 35 km south of Patras. Alpochori had a 2001 population of 188 for the village and 424 for the community, which includes the village Agios Dimitrios.

Population

Year Population Municipal district population
1690s 111 -
1981 - 379
1991 143 570
2001 188 424

History

The area followed the fate of the rest of Achaea. Between 1460 and 1821 the area was ruled by the Ottoman Turks, except a brief period of Venetian rule between 1687 and 1715. In the Venetian censuses of 1697 and 1699 the village was called Alpochori Trano (Αλποχώρι Τρανό) and had 111 inhabitants, in 1700, it had 38 families. Alpochori became Greek after the Greek War of Independence of 1821.

Alpochori was part of the municipality of Erymantheia between 1836 and 1841, and of the municipality of Tritaia between 1841 and 1912. It was an independent community between 1912 and 1998, and became part of Tritaia again in 1998. At the 2001 Kallikratis reform, it became part of the new municipality Erymanthos.

See also

References

  1. De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.

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