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Drosia, Achaea

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Country
  
Greece

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Vehicle registration
  
AX

Municipality
  
Erymanthos

Municipal unit
  
Tritaia

Elevation
  
650 m (2,130 ft)

Postal code
  
251 00

Local time
  
Tuesday 7:32 AM

Administrative region
  
Western Greece

Regional unit
  
Achaea

Drosia, Achaea

Weather
  
6°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 85% Humidity

Drosia (Greek: Δροσιά, before 1955: Προστοβίτσα - Prostovitsa) is a village in southern Achaea, Greece. Drosia is located at the foot of the Erymanthos mountains, 6 km east of Stavrodromi, and 37 km south of Patras. The population in 2011 was 186 for the village proper and 383 for the community, which includes the villages Kato Drosia, Koumperi and Pteri.

Contents

Map of Drosia 250 15, Greece

History

The ancient city Eupagion (Ευπάγιον) was located in the area of present Drosia. The revolutionary leaders Konstantinos Giannias and Giorgos Giannias, who fought against the Ottoman Empire, were born in Drosia. Drosia became a part of the municipality of Erymanthia in 1836. It was part of the municipality of Tritaia between 1841 and 1912. It was an independent community between 1912 and 1998, and again part of Tritaia between 1998 and 2011. Since 2011, it is part of the municipality of Erymanthos.

References

Drosia, Achaea Wikipedia