Kiato

Kiato (Greek: Κιάτο) is a town in the northern part of Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Sikyona. Kiato is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the river Asopos. It has much tourist activity mainly in the summer. The ancient city Sicyon was located 4 km southwest of present Kiato. Kiato is 4 km northwest of Velo, 13 km southeast of Xylokastro and 18 km northwest of Corinth. The Greek National Road 8A (Patras - Corinth - Athens) passes southwest of the town. It had a station on the now decommissioned Piraeus-Patras railway. The new Kiato railway station is an interchange station of Proastiakos (suburban railway) lines to Athens and to Aigio.

Kiato Κιάτο
Community
War memorial
Kiato
Coordinates: 38°0.7′N 22°44.8′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Corinthia
Municipality	Sikyona
Municipal unit	Sikyona
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	9,907
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΡ

A suburban railway station in Kiato

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	8,232
1991	9,212
2001	9,655
2011	9,812
2021	9,907

Notable people

• Emilios T. Harlaftis (1965–2005), astrophysicist
• Giannis Spanos (b. 1943-2019), composer
• Alexandros Alexandris (b. 1968), footballer

See also

• List of settlements in Corinthia

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

External links

• Our Kiato
• Kiato Remembered Thru Messages