Stymfalia
Stymfalia (Greek: Στυμφαλία; Ancient Greek: Στύμφαλος Stymphalos) is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has formed part of the municipality of Sikyona, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 205.07 km2, while its population as of 2011 was 2,427. The seat of the municipality was in Kalianoi, 41 km southwest of the town of Kiato. The municipal unit occupies a mountain valley with an average altitude of 600 metres. Mount Kyllene dominates it to the NW, rising to a height of c. 2,400 metres. The largest village is Kaisari, but the principal antiquities are just south of the modern village of Stymfalia, a hamlet of about 150 inhabitants.
Stymfalia
Στυμφαλία | |
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Stymfalia Location within the regional unit | |
| Coordinates: 37°53′N 22°28′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Corinthia |
| Municipality | Sikyona |
| • Municipal unit | 205.1 km2 (79.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,427 |
| • Municipal unit density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Community | |
| • Population | 184 (2011) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 200 16 |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΡ |
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