Kallithea, Aitoloakarnania

Kallithea (Καλλιθέα) Aitoloakarnania

Kallithea is a mountain village in the Regional Unit of Aitoloakarnania.

Geography - History

Kallithea is located on the border with the Regional Unit of Evrytania and at the northwestern foot of Mount Panaitolikos. It is 23 km away. As a settlement it is officially mentioned with the name Prostova in 1835 in the Government Gazette 19A - 07/12/1835 to be attached to the then municipality of Taxiarchos [1]. In 1952 it was detached and became a separate community while a little later it was renamed from Prostova to Kallithea (Government Gazette 73A - 24/03/1952). According to the Kallikratis program, together with Lustra they constitute the local community of Kallithea that belongs to the municipal unit of Paravola of the municipality of Agrinio and according to the 2011 census as a community has a population of 366 inhabitants, while as a settlement 313. [2]

Sights of the village are the Primary School, a building of unique beauty of the 19th century, donated by Andreas Syggros as well as the church of Panagia, a building of the 14th century. [3]

References

"EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
"Official Gazette of the results of the permanent census 2011", p. 10710 (p. 236 of pdf)
"The village of Kallithea". 520 Greeks. Retrieved October 6, 2019.

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