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Prefecture:	Achaea
Province:	Province of Aigialia
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	38.25/38°15' N lat. 22.82/21°'4'59 E long.
Area: -Total -Water -Rank	151.1 km²
Population: ( 2001) - Total - Density¹ - Rank	- 27,741 -183.49/km²
Communes:	14
Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest:	sea level 40 m(center), 35 m, east
Postal code:	251 00
Area/distance code:	11-30- 26910 -2 (030-26910-2)
Municipal code :	0702
Car designation:	`AX`
Address of administration:	31 Andrea Lontou St. Aigio 251 00

The Port of Aigion serves ferry service to Agios Nikolaos in the northeast. Ferry service is very small and only has a few boats. The port is crossed by rail. East of the port is a railway station. The city is bounded by a river in the east and west. It can be accessed by another highway for Temeni , Pteri and Kalavryta on GR-31

Year	Communal population	Change	Municipal population	Change
1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D	20,955	-	-	-
19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac	22,178	1,223/5.84%	28,903	-
2001	-	-	27,741	1,869/16.3%

4 History

It was founded during HomerFor other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). Homer ( Greek Ὅμηρος Hómēros was a legendary (or perhaps mythical) early Greek poet traditionally credited with authorship of the major Greek epics Iliad aic times.

It was the capital of the Achaean LeagueThe Achaean League was a confederation of Greek city states in Achaea, a territory on the northern coast of the Peloponnese. An initial confederation existed during the 5th through the 4th century BC. The Achaean League reformed early in the 3rd century B from 276 BCCenturies: 4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC Years: 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC 278 BC 277 BC 276 BC 275 BC 274 BC 273 BC 272 BC 271 BC Events Births Erat.

Aegium took the territory of HelikeHelike (huh-LEE-kee) was an ancient Greek city that sank c. 375 BC at night. The city was located in Achaea, Northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres (12 stadia) from the Corinthian Gulf. The related city of Boura was located nearby. Dora Katsonopoulou, Pres.

In the Byzantine Age, it was renamed Vostitsa.

It was renamed after the Greek Independence. It was the first city to be liberated on March 26 during the revolution of 1821.

A mid- 1994 earthquake rumbled and damaged buildings in downtown core with a few casualties.

Agricultural protests in February, 2004. It had blocked GR-8A. The protests lasted several days and blockades was created and closed main highways for two days. It was followed by rioting in the groves and rioting at a building in the night.

5 Newspaper

Filodimos Newspaper

6 External links:

	North: Gulf of Corinth
West: Sympolitia	Aigio	East: Diakopto
	South: Kalavryta , Leontio (independent commune)

7 See also:

Communities of Achaia

Municipalities of Achaea
Aigio \| Aigira/ Aegira \| Akrata \| Aroania \| Diakopto \| Dymi \| Erinaios \| Fares \| Kalavryta \| Larissos \| Lefkasio \| Messatida \| Movri \| Olenia \| Paos \| Paralia \| Patras \| Rio \| Sympoliteia \| Tritea \| Vrachneika
Independent communes of Achaea
Kalentzi \| Leontio
Provinces of Achaea
Aigialia \| Kalavryta \| Patras

Achaea Towns and cities of Greece

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