Sikyona (Σικυώνα) is a municipality in Corinthia Corinthia is the area around the city of Corinth, located in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is a prefecture of Greece, part of the periphery of Peloponnese. It is bounded by Achaia to the west and southwest, the Gulf of Corinth and Attica to the north, the Saronic Gulf to the east and Argolis and Arcadia to the south, Greece Greece (English: /ˈɡriːs/ ; Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda, IPA: /eˈlaða/ ( listen); Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellás, IPA: /helːás/), also known as Hellas and officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía, IPA: /eliniˈci ðimokraˈtia/), is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on. Population 19,455 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Kiato Kiato is a coastal town in Greece that is agricultural-based. The town is located in the northern part of the prefecture of Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Kiato is located in a sandy area which features lemon trees, orange trees, and other fruit-bearing trees. It has a lot of touristic activity mainly in the summer. The ancient name of. Sikyona takes its name from the ancient city Sicyon Sikyon was an ancient Greek city situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day prefecture of Corinthia. The king-list given by Pausanias comprises twenty-four kings, beginning with the autochthonous Aegialeus; the penultimate king of the list, Agamemnon, compels the submission of Sicyon to, which was located in the same territory.

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  1. ^ "Δείτε τη Διοικητική Διαίρεση" (in Greek). Hellenic Interior Ministry. www.ypes.gr. http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/D_diairesi.xls. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
Municipalities of the Corinthia Corinthia is the area around the city of Corinth, located in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is a prefecture of Greece, part of the periphery of Peloponnese. It is bounded by Achaia to the west and southwest, the Gulf of Corinth and Attica to the north, the Saronic Gulf to the east and Argolis and Arcadia to the south Prefecture
Agioi Theodoroi Agioi Theodoroi is a suburb of Athens Greece located around 12 km east of Corinth and about 63 km W of Athens in the easternmost part of the Corinthia Prefecture. Its population was 5,960 inhabitants at the 2001 census. It has one toll interchange with GR-8A first opened in 1995, and a braking lot. The south contains beach, the west is bounded by • Assos-Lechaio Assos-Lechaio is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. Population 9,850 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Perigiali • Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Greek Κόρινθος, Kórinthos ( [ˈkorinθos] ) is a city in Greece. In antiquity it was a city-state, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth, to the east lies the Saronic Gulf. Corinth is about 78 • Evrostini Evrostini is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Corinthia, Greece. Its seat of administration is the town Derveni. It is linked by an old highway while the new highway is the closest 100 m south and is less than 50 m from the tracks and the furthest at 100 to 200 m away while the interchange is about 1 km W. Distance from Patras • Feneos Feneos or Pheneos is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. Its population was 2,359 as of 2001. The seat of the municipality is in Goura • Loutraki-Perachora Loutraki-Perachora is a municipality of Corinthia Prefecture, Greece • Nemea • Saronikos Saronikos is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. Population 5,297 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Athikia • Sikyona • Solygeia Solygeia is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. Population 3,047 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Sofiko • Stymfalia Stymphalia is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. Population 2,852 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Kalianoi, 41 km southwest of the town of Kiato on the Gulf of Corinth. The municipality occupies a mountain valley with an average altitude of 600 metres. Mount Kyllene dominates it to the north east, rising to ca. 2400 metres. The • Tenea Tenea is an ancient city in North-East Peloponnese, Greece. In the mid '90s the municipality of the region assumed its ancient name, Tenea. The seat of the municipality is in Chiliomodi. Ancient Tenea was established approximately 15 kilometres SE of Corinth and 20 kilometres NE of Mycenae shortly after the Trojan War. It is believed that the • Velo Velo is a community and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Prefecture of Corinthia. Greece National Road 8, the old Corinth-Patra highway, passes through the municipality. The distance from Corinth is about 10km west. It is located southeast of Kiato. Velo is accessible via the Kiato interchange on the Greece National Road 8A • Vocha Vocha is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. Population 10,112 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Zevgolateio • Xylokastro Xylokastro is a city that is 40 km W of Corinth via GR-8, which is also E65. Its interchange is about 1.5 km W, west of the river. The population is around 11,000 and there is a nearby interchange southwest of the city. Its 2001 population was 5,618 for the village and 15,273 for the municipal district. The city has a river named Sythas to its
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