 The community consists of the villages Alissos, Kamenitsa, Paralia Alissou and Profitis Elissaios.The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos) and the railway from Patras to Pyrgos run between Alissos and Paralia Alissou.Alissos was known as Lisarea or Lysaria (; ) during the period of Frankish rule in the late Middle Ages.