Country Greece Local time Sunday 9:19 PM Administrative region Western Greece Regional unit Achaea | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Municipality Kalavryta Municipal unit Aroania | |
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Seires (Greek: Σειρές, before 1928: Βερσίτσι - Versitsi) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. It was named after the ancient town Seirae, that was part of Arcadian Azania. In 2011, it had a population of 76 for the village and 263 for the community, which includes the villages Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini and Thomaiika. Seires is situated at 940 m above sea level. Seires is 3 km west of Alestaina, 4 km northwest of Paos, 5 km east of Psofida and 23 km southwest of Kalavryta.
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Map of Seires 250 04, Greece
History
According to Pausanias, Seirae was an Arcadian city at the border between Cleitor and Psophis. The city was located near the Soron Forest and near the ruined settlement of Paos. Seires was an independent community until 1997, when it joined the newly formed municipality of Aroania.