Movri (municipality)
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Movri is a former municipality
Communities and Municipalities of Greece
For the new municipalities of Greece see the Kallikratis ProgrammeThe municipalities and communities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. Thirteen regions called peripheries form the largest unit of government beneath the State. ...

 in 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:...

, West Greece, 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 West Achaea
West Achaea
West Achaea is a municipality in the Achaea peripheral unit, West Greece Periphery, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kato Achaia.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 5,106 (2001). It is named after the mountain range Movri
Movri
Movri , is a mountain range that is in the municipalities of Movri, Dymi to the northeast, Oleni in the western part of Achaea and the western part was partly in the prefecture of Elis with the municipality of Vouprasia until the 1970s. It is located about 30 km SW of Patras, W of...

. The seat of the municipality was in Sageika
Sageika
Sageika, rarely Sagaiika is a village in western Achaea in the northcentral part of the municipality of Movri. Its population is about 200. The nearby communities and villages are Bonteika to the west, Rachi and Apostoli to the east, and Krinos to the south. It lies presently partially north of...

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Movri is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
  • Fragka (Fragka, Spaneika, Tsakonika)
  • Kareika
    Kareika
    Kareika is a village in the municipal unit of Movri, Achaea, Greece. It is located north of the Movri mountains, about 1.5 km S of Gomosto and about 2 km SE of Rachi. Kareika is connected with the road linking to Riolos and Spata and is connected with GR-9/E55 1 km to the north. Riolos is...

     (Kareika, Gomosto, Karamesineika, Rachi)
  • Krinos
    Krinos, Achaea
    Krinos is a Greek village located 35 km southwest of Patras and about 60 km northeast of Pyrgos. Its population was 326 in 2001. It is part of the municipal unit of Movri since the late-1990s.-Geography:...

  • Limnochori (Limnochori, Kalamaki, Kato Limnochori, Paralia Kalamakiou)
  • Myrtos (Myrtos, Giouleika, Pournari)
  • Sageika
    Sageika
    Sageika, rarely Sagaiika is a village in western Achaea in the northcentral part of the municipality of Movri. Its population is about 200. The nearby communities and villages are Bonteika to the west, Rachi and Apostoli to the east, and Krinos to the south. It lies presently partially north of...

    (Sageika, Apostoli, Bouteika, Gerouseika, Vrachneika, Stathmos)
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