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{{hatnote|For the eponymous mountain see [[Aroania (mountain)]].}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Aroania
|name_local         = Αροάνια
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Aroanias.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|image_skyline      = 
|caption_skyline    = 
|city_flag          = 
|city_seal          = 
|coordinates        = {{coord|37|53|N|22|1|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation = 782
|periph = [[West Greece]]
|periphunit         = [[Achaea]]
|municipality = [[Kalavryta]]
|established_c      = 
|established_m      = 
|districts          = 11
|population_as_of   = 2021
|pop_community = 49
|pop_municunit = 1259
|area_municunit = 173.8 
|postal_code        = 250 16
|area_code          = 
|licence            = AX
|website            = 
}}

'''Aroania''' ({{langx|el|Αροάνια}}) (also known as "Sopoto") is a village and a former [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipality]] in [[Achaea]], [[West Greece]], [[Greece]]. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality [[Kalavryta]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 173.804&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}</ref> The seat of administration was in the town of [[Psofida]]. The municipality is named after the village and the [[Aroania (mountain)|mountain]].

==Subdivisions==
The municipal unit Aroania is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*[[Agrampela, Achaea|Agrampela]] (Agrampela, Platanitsa)
*[[Agridi, Achaea|Agridi]]
*[[Alestaina]]
*[[Anastasi, Greece|Anastasi]] (Anastasi, Moni Agion Theodoron)
*Aroania
*[[Desino]]
*[[Kamenianoi]] (Kamenianoi, Drovolovo)
*[[Lechouri]] (Lechouri, Kerasea, Selli)
*[[Livartzi]] (Livartzi, Livadi, Livartzino)
*[[Plaka, Achaea|Plaka]]
*[[Psofida]] (Psofida, Ano Psofida, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama, Tripotama, Vasiliki)
*[[Seires]] (Seires, Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini, Thomaiika)

== Notable people ==
*[[Ioannis Sofianopoulos]] (1887–1951), politician

==Population==
{| class=wikitable
! Year !! Population  
|-
| 1991 || 2,315  
|-
| 2001 || 2,551  
|-
| 2011 || 1,619
|-
| 2021 || 1,259
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Aroania
|North     = [[Kalavryta]]
|Northeast = Kalavryta
|East      = [[Kleitoria]]
|Southeast = [[Paia, Achaea|Paia]]
|South     = [[Kontovazaina]]
|Southwest = [[Lampeia]]
|West      = [[Lasiona, Elis|Lasiona]]
|Northwest = [[Tritaia]] 
}}

{{Aroania}}

[[Category:Populated places in Achaea]]
[[Category:Kalavryta]]
[[Category:Aroania| ]]