Irlandos at 09:00, March 30, 2006

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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Corinthia]]
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| Location: || {{coor dms|38|4|28|N|22|37|45|E|region:GR}}

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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank|| 16,802
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| sea level about 3 m(centre) 
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 204 00
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 27430|27430]]-2 (030-27430-2)
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| [[Municipal codes in Greece|Municipal code]]: || 3009
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>HA</code>

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| Address of administration: || 2 Lykourgou Frantzi St. Xylokastro 204 00

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'''Xylokastro''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]:, Modern: ''Ξυλόκαστρο'' Ancient: '''Xylokastron''', ''Ξυλόκαστρον'' Greek word meaning wooden castle) is a city that is 40 km W of [[Corinth]] via [[Greece Interstate 8A|GR-8]], which is also [[E65]]. Its interchange is about 1.5 km W, west of the river. The population is around 11,000 and there is a nearby interchange southwest of the city. The city has a river named [[Sythas River|Sythas]] to its west and a mountain to its south and southwest. The town offers a beautiful beach. Agriculture surrounds the city.

The town was known as Viladusa by the Venetians in the mid to late 2nd millennium.

The community has a small school, a church, a police station, a post office, banks, a volleyball arena, and a square(''plateia'').

Its nearest communications tower is on a mountain southwest of town (about 6 km)
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==Nearest places==
*[[Domini]] (east)

==Population==

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! Year !! Communal population !! Change !! Municipal population !! Change
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| [[1700]] || 65 || - || - || -
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| [[1981]] || 5,188 || 5,123/7,881.54% || - || -
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| [[1991]] || 5,821 || 633/12.20% || 16,802 || - 
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==Persons==

*[[Vlassis Bonatsos]] ([[1949]] - [[October 14]], [[2004]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]), a [[List of Greek actors|Greek actor]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/greece/map/m1226042/xilokastro.html traveljournals.net - Xylokastro]
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=9426 GTP - Xylokastro]
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=9427 GTP - Municipality of Xylokastro]
*[http://indexmundi.com/z/?lat=37.0833333=22.6333333&t=p&r=11600&p=xylokastron&cc=gr&c=greece.htm Indexmundi - Xylokastro]

==See also:==

*[[Communities of Corinthia]]

{{Credit wikipedia}}

[[Category:Corinthia prefecture]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]

Xylokastro - Revision history

Irlandos at 09:00, March 30, 2006