Keryneia (Greek: Κερύνεια) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Keryneia and Nea Keryneia. It is located 6 km southeast of Aigio and 7 km west of Diakopto. The Greek National Road 8A (Patras - Aigio - Corinth) passes between Keryneia and Nea Keryneia. The town takes its name from the ancient town of Ceryneia
Diakopto (Greek: Διακοπτό) is a coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km2. The town of Diakopto is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the Vouraikos river and at the lower end of the Vouraikos Gorge. The 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway built in 1885 leads up to the town of Kalavryta passing the Mega Spilaio Monastery at about halfway. Diakopto is on the old Greek National Road 8 (Athens - Corinth - Patras); the new Greek National Road 8A (also Athens - Corinth - Patras) passes 1 km to the south. Diakopto is located about 40 km east of Patras, and 15 km southeast of Aigio.
Helike (; Greek: Ἑλίκη, pronounced [heˈlikɛː], modern Greek pronunciation: [eˈlici]) was an ancient Greek polis or city-state that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC.
Elaeonas or Elaionas (Greek: Ελαιώνας meaning olive grove 'the place where olives grow', before 1949: Τρυπιά - Trypia) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, in the northern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. It is on the Gulf of Corinth, 3 km west of Diakopto and 9 km southeast of Aigio. The Olympia Odos (Greek National Road Α8) (Patras - Corinth - Athens) passes south of the village. The community consists of the villages Elaionas, Metochi and Terpsithea.
Eliki (Greek: Ελίκη, before 1917: Ζευγολατιό - Zevgolatio), is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It was named after the nearby ancient town Helike. Eliki is located near the river Selinountas and the Gulf of Corinth. It is 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Aigio and 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Diakopto. Nea Keryneia is adjacent to the east. The community includes the small village Kalanteri. The Greek National Road 8A (Athens - Corinth - Patras) passes south of the village.
Mamousia (Greek: Μαμουσιά) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is 6 km southwest of Diakopto, on the west side of the Vouraikos gorge. The community includes the villages Derveni and Stavria.
Rodia (Greek: Ροδιά) is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located in the coastal plains near the Gulf of Corinth, 4 km northwest of Diakopto and 8 km southeast of Aigio. Rodia has a football/soccer team known as Floga (Φλόγα meaning flame) and it has a communal soccer field.
Zachloritika (Greek: Ζαχλωρίτικα) is a village and community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located on the left bank of the river Vouraikos, 1 km west of Diakopto. The Greek National Road 8A (Patras - Aigio - Corinth) passes south of the village.
Ano Diakopto (Greek: Άνω Διακοπτό, before 1940: Πέρα Μαχαλάς - Pera Machalas) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is 6 km southeast of Diakopto. The community includes the village of Pounta. Ano Diakopto suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires.
Nikolaiika (Greek: Νικολαίϊκα) is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Corinth coast, 1 km east of Rizomylos, 5 km west of Diakopto and 7 km southeast of Aigio. The Greek National Road 8A (Patras - Aigio - Corinth) passes south of the village.
Rizomylos (Greek: Ριζόμυλος meaning rice mill) is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. Its beach on the Gulf of Corinth, 2 km northeast of the village, is well known. Aigio is 6 km to the northwest, and the village Nea Keryneia is adjacent to the west. The Greek National Road 8A (Patras - Corinth) passes south of the village.
Trapeza (Greek: Τράπεζα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located 4 km southeast of Diakopto and 8 km west of Akrata. The community includes the village Paralia Trapezis. Between 1892 and 1940, its name was Nea Voura (Νέα Βούρα).
Το Καθολικό είναι μικρό χωριό της Αχαΐας, πρώην ανεξάρτητη κοινότητα και από το 1999 δημοτικό διαμέρισμα του πρώην Δήμου Διακοπτού. Είναι ορεινό χωριό στις παρυφές του Χελμού και επί της επαρχιακής οδού από Διακοπτό προς Καλάβρυτα. Βρίσκεται μέσα σε καταπράσινο τοπίο ανάμεσα σε δάση από πεύκα και έλατα. Στην απογραφή του 2011 ο οικισμός βρέθηκε να έχει πληθυσμό μόλις 29 κατοίκους.
Diakopto railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Διακοπτού, romanized: Sidirodromikós Stathmós Diakoptoú) is located just north of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. Originally opened on 10 March 1896, it was reopened on 22 June 2020 as part of the Hellenic Railways Organisation's €848-million project extension of the Athens Airport–Patras railway to Aigio, co-financed by the European Union's Cohesion Fund 2000–2006. The station is currently served by both the unique rack railway to Kalavryta and Hellenic Train local services between Kiato and Aigio.
Ο Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Μικροχελιδούς (παλαιότερα: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Νιαμάτων) ήταν σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός στη γραμμή του Οδοντωτού που συνδέει το Διακοπτό με τα Καλάβρυτα. Βρίσκεται κοντά στο Φαράγγι του Βουραϊκού, βόρεια της κωμόπολης του Διακοπτού και 5 χιλιόμετρα μακριά από αυτήν. Ο σταθμός άνοιξε το 1896 και σήμερα είναι προαιρετική στάση. Ο σταθμός παλαιότερα έφερε και την ονομασία "Κάτω Μετόχι" ενώ διαθέτει δεύτερη τροχιά για διασταυρώσεις.
Ο Δήμος Διακοπτού ήταν δήμος του Νομού Αχαΐας που συστάθηκε με το πρόγραμμα Καποδίστριας από τη συνένωση παλαιότερων κοινοτήτων της περιοχής, που αποτέλεσαν στη συνέχεια τα δημοτικά διαμερίσματα του δήμου. Λειτούργησε την περίοδο 1997-2010, οπότε και καταργήθηκε με την εφαρμογή του προγράμματος Καλλικράτης και εντάχθηκε ως Δημοτική Ενότητα στο νεοπαγή Δήμο Αιγιαλείας.
Eliki railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Ελίκη, romanized: Sidirodromikós Stathmós Eliki) is a Station on the Athens Airport–Patras railway line just outside the borders of the settlement of Eliki, a small village in Achaea, Greece. It is located just North of the village, close to the 8A motorway. It was opened on 22 June 2020 as part of the €848-million ErgOSE project extension of the Athens Airport–Patras railway to Aigio rail line, co-financed by the European Union's Cohesion Fund 2000–2006. The station is served by Hellenic Train local services between Kiato and Aigio. It should not be confused with the now-closed station on the old Piraeus–Patras railway, which is located northeast of the current station, closer to the coast of the Corinthian Gulf