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Aroania

Municipal unit in Greece

Aroania Αροάνια
Municipal unit
37°53′N 22°1′E / 37.883°N 22.017°E / 37.883; 22.017
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Achaea
Municipality	Kalavryta
Districts	11
Area
• Municipal unit	173.8 km² (67.1 sq mi)
Elevation	782 m (2,566 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	1,259
• Municipal unit density	7.2/km² (19/sq mi)
• Community	49
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	250 16
Vehicle registration	AX

Aroania (Greek: Αροάνια) (also known as "Sopoto") is a village and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Kalavryta, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 173.804 km².^[3] The seat of administration was in the town of Psofida. The municipality is named after the village and the mountain.

Subdivisions

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

Agrampela (Agrampela, Platanitsa)
Agridi
Alestaina
Anastasi (Anastasi, Moni Agion Theodoron)
Aroania
Desino
Kamenianoi (Kamenianoi, Drovolovo)
Lechouri (Lechouri, Kerasea, Selli)
Livartzi (Livartzi, Livadi, Livartzino)
Plaka
Psofida (Psofida, Ano Psofida, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama, Tripotama, Vasiliki)
Seires (Seires, Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini, Thomaiika)

Notable people

Ioannis Sofianopoulos (1887–1951), politician

Population

Year	Population
1991	2,315
2001	2,551
2011	1,619
2021	1,259

References

^ "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.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "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.