Vardousia
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Vardousia is a former municipality in Phocis
Phocis
Phocis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth...

, 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 Dorida
Dorida
Dorida is a municipality in the Phocis regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Lidoriki.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,216 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Krokyleio. It was named after the nearby mountain Vardousia
Vardousia
Vardousia is a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,216 . The seat of the municipality was in Krokyleio...

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Lidoriki is subdivided into the following communities:
  • Alpochori
  • Artotina
    Artotina
    Artotina is a Greek village in the municipal unit of Vardousia since 1998. It is in the northwestern part of Phocis. Artotina is located west of Amfissa.-Population:-Geography:...

  • Dichori
  • Kerassies
  • Kokkino
  • Koupaki
    Koupaki, Phocis
    Koupaki is a Greek village in the municipal unit of Vardousia, located in the northwestern part of Phocis, west of the Mornos dam and 5 km from Krokyleio, the former seat of Vardousia. Population: 86...

  • Kriatsi
  • Krokyleio
  • Pentagioi
    Pentagioi
    Pentagioi is a Greek village in the municipal unit of Vardousia, in the northwestern part of Phocis. Its 2001 population was 267.-Population:-History:...

  • Perivoli
  • Tristeno
  • Ypsilo Chori
  • Zorianos
    Zorianos
    Zorianos is a Greek village in the municipal unit of Vardousia in the northwestern part of Phocis and 85 km west of Amfissa. In 2001, the population of the village was 195.-Population:-About Zorianos:...


Geography

Vardousia are mainly mountains and covers the area, the central portion are forested, the valley portions contains farmlands and groves. The Vardousia
Vardousia
Vardousia is a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,216 . The seat of the municipality was in Krokyleio...

 mountains lies to the northeast along with the Pindus
Pindus
The Pindus mountain range is located in northern Greece and southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km long, with a maximum elevation of 2637 m . Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is often called the "spine of Greece"...

 mountains. Many houses were stone built until the 1960s.

















North: Phthiotis
Phthiotis
Phthiotis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the Malian Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west,...

 prefecture
Northeast: Kallieis
Kallieis
Kallieis is a municipality in the northern part of Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi, of which it is a municipal unit. Its registered population in 2001 amounted to 2,328. The seat of the municipality was Mavrolithari, which is home to...

West: Etoloakarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is located in the western part of Greece; the regional unit is a combination of the geographic regions Aetolia and Acarnania. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest...

 prefecture
Vardousia East: Lidoriki
Lidoriki
Lidoriki is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. In 2001 the population was 4,225. Its area is 409.5 km² covering nearly one-fifth of Phocis. Lidoriki...

South: Efpalio
Efpalio
Efpalio is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 6,507 ....

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