Aspropotamos, Evrytania

Aspropotamos (Greek: Ασπροπόταμος) is a former municipality in the northwestern part of Evrytania, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrafa, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 125.954 km2.[3] Population 1,386 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Raptopoulo. Aetolia-Acarnania is to the west and the Karditsa regional unit to the north. Aspropotamos is located west-southwest of Karditsa, northwest of Karpenisi and north-northeast of Agrinio. The municipality was named after the Aspropòtamos river ("white river" in greek).

Aspropotamos
Ασπροπόταμος
Location within the regional unit
Location within the regional unit
Aspropotamos is located in Greece
Aspropotamos
Aspropotamos
Coordinates: 39°09′N 21°28′E / 39.150°N 21.467°E / 39.150; 21.467
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Greece
Regional unitEvrytania
MunicipalityAgrafa
Area
  Municipal unit125.954 km2 (48.631 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
  Municipal unit
1,386
  Municipal unit density11.00/km2 (28.50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΗ

Subdivisions

edit

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

Other

edit

Aspropotamos has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office.

References

edit
  1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.