Agios Konstantinos was a municipality in the prefecture of Phthiotida, which was established with the Kapodistrias plan in 1997. It was abolished in 2010 with the implementation of the Kallikratis plan and became part of the new municipality of Kamenon Vourla (tangible 2018). It was located in the south of the prefecture between the former municipalities of Atalanti and Dafnousia. It was one of the municipalities that make up the province of Lokrida. The municipality consisted of two municipal districts, occupying an area of 72.2 sq.km. and had a total population of 3,410 inhabitants. The seat of the municipality was Agios Konstantinos.
In endless olive groves that touch the blue sea, in the place where
once there was the famous port of Phokaia and Epiknemidion Lokra, is the
beautiful Municipality of Agios Konstantinos. In its picturesque port,
the ships that take the visitor to Northern Evia and the Sporades leave
and arrive.
The current town of Agios Kon/nos is built on the
site where Daphnoundas was located in ancient times, the last western
city of the country of the Opundian Lokras. The city was protected by
long walls - ruins of which are preserved at the site "Isomata" - and
was the most important port of the region. In the period of the Turkish
rule, various settlements began to be created around the ruins of the
ancient city. The most important of these settlements were: Vorlovos,
Evlogia and Neochorio.
In 1832, the Byzantine icon of Saints
Constantine and Helen was discovered in excavations at the "Grados"
site. Here, the residents of the above settlements were relocated, where
today's Agios Konstantinos is.
In 1894, after the great
earthquakes that hit the area, Agios Konstantinos was destroyed and many
houses sank into the sea. In the context of the reconstruction that
followed, an amazing city plan was made that provided for green spaces
and tree lines along the entire length of the central coastal zone.
Since the construction of the Athens-Thessalonica highway in 1960, Agios
Konstantinos has developed into one of the richest towns in Greece.
Since then, it has been visited by thousands of tourists during the
summer season. The picturesque square of Agios Nikolaos with its
open-air theater and centuries-old plane trees, the wetland of the
"Vromolimnis" area, the old church of Agios Konstantinos with Byzantine
mosaics, Agios Taxiarchis of Agnantis and the resort of Loggos (for
swimming and fishing) are the main attractions of this area.