Country Greece Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft) Postal code 251 00 Local time Monday 1:30 AM Administrative region Western Greece Regional unit Achaea | Highest elevation 570 m (1,870 ft) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Vehicle registration AX Municipality Erymanthos Municipal unit Tritaia | |
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Alpochori (Greek: Αλποχώρι, also Αλεποχώρι Alepochori) is a village and a community in southern Achaea, Greece. Alpochori is located on the northern slope of Mount Erymanthos, about 35 km south of Patras. In 2001 Alpochori had a population of 99 for the village and 236 for the community, which includes the village Agios Dimitrios.
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Map of Alpochori 250 15, Greece
History
The area followed the fate of the rest of Achaea. Between 1460 and 1821 the area was ruled by the Ottoman Turks, except a brief period of Venetian rule between 1687 and 1715. In the Venetian censuses of 1697 and 1699 the village was called Alpochori Trano (Αλποχώρι Τρανό) and had 111 inhabitants, in 1700, it had 38 families. Alpochori became Greek after the Greek War of Independence of 1821.
Alpochori was part of the municipality of Erymanthia between 1835 and 1841, and of the municipality of Tritaia between 1841 and 1912. It was an independent community between 1912 and 1998, and became part of Tritaia again in 1998. At the 2010 Kallikratis reform, it became part of the new municipality Erymanthos.