Evrostina is a town and a former municipality in Corinthia

Corinthia

Corinthia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.-Geography:...

, Peloponnese, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat of administration is the town Derveni

Derveni, Corinthia

Derveni is a coastal town in prefecture of Corinthia in the Peloponnesus, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Evrostini. It is linked by the old, mostly coastal, national road and a new, thought secondary, highway to mainland Greece and the Western Peloponnese.Its population stands at 1514...

. The old Greek National Road 8

Greek National Road 8

The National Road 8 in Greece is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Attica and Peloponnese regions. It links the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. Until the 1960s when the National Road 8A, a toll road, replaced it as a major route, it was the only road linking Athens and...

 and the new Greek National Road 8A

Greek National Road 8A

Greek National Road 8A is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue, in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. It is a highway from Kifissou avenue up to Corinth, for about 85 km and the rest is an undivided highway with just one lane per direction. The total length is 215 km, but for the...

 (Corinth - Patras) pass through the north of the municipal unit. Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 is about 73 km E, NW of Stymfalia

Stymfalia

Stymphalia is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sikyona, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,852 . The seat of the municipality was in Kalianoi, 41 km southwest of the town of...

, 4 km N of Rozena, about 50 km W of Corinth

Corinth

Corinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...

 and about 142 km W of Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. It borders on Achaea

Achaea

Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...

 to the west.

Subdivisions

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

• Derveni
  Derveni, Corinthia
  Derveni is a coastal town in prefecture of Corinthia in the Peloponnesus, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Evrostini. It is linked by the old, mostly coastal, national road and a new, thought secondary, highway to mainland Greece and the Western Peloponnese.Its population stands at 1514...
  
   (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

Plateia

Plateia or platia is the Greek word for town square. Most Greek and Cypriot cities have several town squares which are a point of reference in travelling and guiding...

). 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.

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 Gulf of Corinth The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece...
West: Aigeira Aigeira Aigeira or Aegira is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located about 500 m SW of the Gulf of Corinth in the northeastern part of Achaea. It is located on...	Evrostina	East: Xylokastro Xylokastro Xylokastro 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. It is 40 km W of Corinth via Greek National Road 8A/E65...
	South: Feneos Feneos Feneos is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sikyona, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population was 2,359 as of 2001. The seat of the municipality was in Goura.In ancient times the area...