Evrostina

Evrostina Ευρωστίνα
Location
Evrostina
Coordinates	38°8′N 22°25′E / 38.133°N 22.417°E / 38.133; 22.417Coordinates: 38°8′N 22°25′E / 38.133°N 22.417°E / 38.133; 22.417
Location within the peripheral unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Peloponnese
Regional unit:	Corinthia
Municipality:	Xylokastro-Evrostina
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	5,882
Other
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.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Evrostina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Derveni (Derveni, Mavra Litharia, Petalou)
• Elliniko
• Evrostina (Evrostina, Ano Aigialos, Koumarias, Rozena)
• Kallithea (Kallithea, Skoupaiika)
• Lygia
• Lykoporia
• Pyrgos
• Sarantapicho (Sarantapicho, Sarantapichiotika)
• Stomio
• Chelydoreo (Chelydoreo, Mentourgianika)

Historical population

Year	Municipal district	Municipality
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.

External links

• http://www.evrostini.gr (in Greek)

See also

• Evrostina (mountain), a mountain elevation at 400 m. It also has a weather tower.
• List of settlements in the Corinthia prefecture

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

References

1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)