Larissos
Larissos is a municipality in the western part of
Achaea in
Greece. Its seat of administration is in the village
Lappa (Greek, Modern: Λάππα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s), rarely
Lapa The distance from
Patras is 37 km SW and 58 km N of
Pyrgos. The nearest communities are
Metochi and
Kalogria to the north,
Araxos also to the north,
Bonteika to the east and
Riolos to the south. The area code is
26930. It is the seat of the municipality of Larissos (the postal code reads Metochi). The municipal boundary of Larissos and Movri is about 500 m east of town hall. It is part of the community of
Metochi. The community has about 200 to 250 dwellings.
The town has a square, a school, and next to is a small town hall of Larissos, and a train station. Forests are founded along with a few roads in the south, one in the north and one in the west which was the property of King Constantine II of Greece?. Nearby is a small tiny hydro station SW of Lappa. Northwest and Northeast si covered with miexd farming with access to
Araxos Airport (GPA).
There is an archaeological site of the ancient town of
Dyme founded 1 km south.
The municipality formerly excluded
Mataranga and
Spata. In the late-
20th century, these areas were reverted to Larissos from Vouprasia and the prefecture of Ilia.
Population history:
The municipality of Larissos (Greek: "ήμος Λάρίσσου) with the population of 7,414 (2001?) includes the communities and hamlets of:
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Agios Nikolaos Spata*
Apideona*
Araxos*
Kagkadi*
Kalogria*
Lakkopetra*
Mataranga*
Metochi**
Lappa**New and Old
Vouprasio*
Michoi*
Peta*
RiolosThe municipality is bounded by Larissos river along with the Achaia-
Ilia to the west, the range of west
Skollis and south
Movri with a river in the east, and with
Niforeika to the east.
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Mapquest - Lappa, street map not yet available
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GTP - Lappa*
GTP - Municipality of Larissos*
traveljournals.net - Lappa*
Indexmundi - Lappa*
Communities of Achaia
