Corinthia

Corinthia (Greek Κορινθία, Korinthía, German also Corinthia ) is one of the five regional districts of the Greek region of Peloponnese. Until the implementation of the Greek administrative reform of 2010, the territory had the status of a prefecture. Apart from the allocation of seats in elections, the regional district has no political significance.

The area of ​​the regional district consists of the surroundings of the capital Corinth, west of the Peloponnese peninsula, but also east of the Isthmus on the adjacent mainland, that lies between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf.

Together with the Argolis Corinthia formed with a brief interruption since Greek independence together with the islands of Ydra, Spetses and Kythira the Argolidokorinthia Prefecture. Only in 1949 the territories were separated, and the prefecture in their later emerged limits.

Besides the capital, the ancient sites such as the Akrokorinth are among the main tourist attractions, especially the ruins of Nemea, Isthmia and the ancient Sikyon regarded as worth seeing. Is the beach resort Xylokastro, is beyond the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the mainly significant for intra- Greek tourism spa town of Loutraki, which also produces one of the most famous mineral waters of Greece on the coast of the Corinthian Gulf. Inland, the mountains are Kyllini ( highest elevation 2,376 m above sea level. NN ) and the Stymphalus, beside Nemea one of the venues of the ancient legend of Hercules. The most important river of the prefecture is the Asopus.

Corinthia is divided into the communities of Corinth, Loutraki - Agii Theodori, Nemea, Sikyona, Velo- Vocha and Xylokastro - Evrostini.