Aigio

Aigio (Greek: Αίγιο, Latin: Aegium, known as Vostitza from the Middle Ages until the 19th century) is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Its population is around 30,000. Aigio is a port town on the Gulf of Corinth. The southwestern part of the municipality consists of the foothills of the Panachaiko mountain. The river Selinountas flows into the Gulf of Corinth in Valimitika, 5 km east of Aigio town centre. The town centre is immediately on the coast, between the ferry port and the train station. Fishermen bring their catches from a night of fishing into the markets every morning....