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 1,581 (2011). 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.

Aspropotamos

Ασπροπόταμος
Aspropotamos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°09′N 21°28′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Greece
Regional unitEvrytania
MunicipalityAgrafa
  Municipal unit125.954 km2 (48.631 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
1,581
  Municipal unit density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΗ

Subdivisions

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

  • Kedra
  • Lepiana
  • Neo Argyri
  • Prasia
  • Raptopoulo

Other

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

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.


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