The municipality of Corinth is a Greek municipality located in the Peleponnese region established on 1 January 2011 under the Kallikratis Plan for local government reform. The municipality is made up of five previous municipalities: Assos-Lechaio, Corinth, Saronikos, Tenea and Solygeia. The area of the new municipality is 611.29 square kilometers and it has a population of 55,641, based on the 2021 census. The seat of the municipality is Corinth and its symbol is the Pegasus.
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👉 Corinth (municipality) in the context of Corinth
Corinth (/ˈkɒrɪnθ/ KORR-inth; Greek: Κόρινθος, romanized: Kórinthos, Modern Greek pronunciation: [ˈkorinθos]) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece. The successor to the ancient city of Corinth, it is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is the capital of Corinthia.
It was founded as Nea Korinthos (Νέα Κόρινθος), or New Corinth, in 1858 after an earthquake destroyed the existing settlement of Corinth, which had developed in and around the site of the ancient city.
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- ⭐ Core Definition: Corinth (municipality)
- 👉 Corinth (municipality) in the context of Corinth
- Corinth (municipality) in the context of Assos-Lechaio
- Corinth (municipality) in the context of Saronikos, Corinthia
- Corinth (municipality) in the context of Tenea
- Corinth (municipality) in the context of Solygeia
Corinth (municipality) in the context of Assos-Lechaio
Assos-Lechaio (Greek: Άσσος-Λέχαιο) is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 25.490 km. Population 6,721 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Perigiali.
Corinth (municipality) in the context of Saronikos, Corinthia
Saronikos (Greek: Σαρωνικός) is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 136.578 km. Population 4,700 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Athikia.
Corinth (municipality) in the context of Tenea
Tenea (Greek: Τενέα) is a municipal unit within the municipality of Corinth, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. The municipal unit has an area of 167.575 km (64.701 sq mi). Until 2011, its municipal seat was in Chiliomodi.
The modern city is named after ancient Tenea, established approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Corinth and 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Mycenae shortly after the Trojan War. According to Pausanias, Tenea's founders were Trojan prisoners of war whom Agamemnon had allowed to build their own town. The name Tenea is styled upon Tenedos, the founders' hometown, whose mythological eponym was the hero Tenes. Tenea and Rome, according to Virgil's Aeneid, had in the years following the Trojan War produced citizens of Trojan ancestry. Under the leadership of Archias in 734 or 733 BC, Teneans and Corinthians established the joint colony of Syracuse in Sicily, the homeland of Archimedes.
Corinth (municipality) in the context of Solygeia
Solygeia (Greek: Σολυγεία) is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 179.461 km. Population 1,867 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Sofiko.