Xylokastro is a city that is 40 km W of Corinth via GR-8, which is also E65. Its interchange is about 1.5 km W, west of the river. The population is around 11,000 and there is a nearby interchange southwest of the city. Its 2001 population was 5,618 for the village and 15,273 for the municipal district. The city has a river named Sythas to its west and a mountain to its south and southwest.

The town offers a beautiful beach. Agriculture surrounds the town. The town was known as Viladusa by the Venetians in the mid to late 2nd millennium. The community has a school, a church, a police station, a post office, banks, a volleyball arena, and a square (plateia). It is famous as a seaside tourist spot and are well equipped with a number of hotels. Its nearest communications tower is on a mountain southwest of town (about 6 km). A medium earthquake rumbled the town and some of its surroundings a few kilometres into the sea on Friday October 24, 2008 and measured 4.5 on the Richter scale.

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