Chalkeia is a former municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

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 in Aetolia-Acarnania

Aetolia-Acarnania

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, West Greece, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia

Nafpaktia

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, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,161 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Trikorfo.

Subdivisions

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

• Trikorfo
• Ano Vasiliki
• Vasiliki (Kato Vasiliki, Perama)
• Gavrolimni
• Galatas (Galatas, Kryoneri)
• Kalavrouza (Kato Kalavrouza, Kalavrouza)
• Perithori

Kryoneri

Kryoneri (Greek: Κρυονέρι meaning "cold water") is a settlement located east-southeast of Messolongi. Its 2001 population was 110. It is located by the banks of the Evinos river and is a popular summer destination. The rocks of Varasova

Varasova

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, a very steep mountain is to the east. It features owned beds and hotels. It had the old railway line of the Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Northwestern Greece Railway of the (SVDE) in which it ferried freights from the port of Patras

Patras

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 in which is across. Its panoramic views includes the hills to the northwest, the Ionian Islands

Ionian Islands

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 including Zante, Kefalonia

Kefalonia

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, Ithaca

Ithaca

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, the Echinades

Echinades

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 and the Peloponnese

Peloponnese

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 to the south including the Panachaiko

Panachaiko

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, Movri

Movri

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 and the Scollis mountains. Kryoneri has a few churches and the central square (plateia

Plateia

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), its nearest lyceum (middle school), gymnasium (secondary school) and banks are in Galatas.