Agrafa (municipality)

Agrafa (Greek: Άγραφα) is a village and a municipality in Evrytania, Central Greece. Its administrative center is the village Kerasochori.[2] It is named after the wide mountainous region of Agrafa, of which it occupies only the SW part.

Agrafa Άγραφα
Agrafa Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°8′N 21°39′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Greece
Regional unit	Evrytania
Area
• Municipality	920.3 km^2 (355.3 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	28,826 km^2 (11,130 sq mi)
Elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Municipality	6,976
• Municipality density	7.6/km^2 (20/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	1,142
• Municipal unit density	0.040/km^2 (0.10/sq mi)
Community [1]
• Population	398 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	360 73
Area code(s)	22370
Vehicle registration	ΚΗ

It consists of villages and hamlets spread on the mountain slopes around the river Agrafiotis. Like the rest of Agrafa area, they are known for their complete autonomy throughout the four centuries of Ottoman occupation of Greece, being home to many bands of fighters against the Ottoman rule; including Antonis Katsantonis who is considered as the local hero.

The villages are still undeveloped touristically. There are some basic facilities in the bigger villages - family-run hostels and taverns.

Municipality

The municipality Agrafa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):[2]

• Agrafa (Agrafa, Epiniana, Marathos, Monastiraki, Tridendro, Trovato, Vrangiana)
• Aperantia (Granitsa, Limeri, Lithochori, Sivista, Topoliana, Valaora, Voulpi)
• Aspropotamos (Kedra, Lepiana, Neo Argyri, Prasia, Raptopoulo)
• Fragkista (Anatoliki Fragkista, Dytiki Fragkista, Episkopi, Marathia, Palaiochori, Palaiokatouna, Tripotamo)
• Viniani (Agios Dimitrios, Chryso, Dafni, Kerasochori, Mavrommata, Viniani)

The municipality has an area of 920.341 km², the municipal unit 288.574 km².[3]

Sources & external links

• Semi-official site (in Greek)
• Details about municipality and population from evrytan.gr (in Greek)
• Municipality of Agrafa in Greek travel pages

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
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.