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As of the 2021 census, the municipality of Patras has a population of 215,922, while the urban population is 173,600. The core settlement has a history spanning four millennia. In the Roman period, it had become a cosmopolitan center of the eastern Mediterranean whilst, according to the Christian tradition, it was also the place of Saint Andrew ...
Achaea today has about one-third of the population of the Peloponnese. Patras, the capital of Achaea, is the third largest city in Greece, behind Athens and Thessaloniki. Two-thirds of the Achaean population live near Patras, and more than half within the city limits. The main industrial areas are around Patras.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 98.983 km 2. [3] The municipal unit had a population of 14,219 in 2021. The campus of the University of Patras and the Casino Rio is located in Rio.
As one of the first completed sections of the future Ionia Odos linking Ioannina with Patras and Kalamata, the motorway bypass of the GR-5 around Arta was opened in 1997. The main highways are: Greek National Road 5/E55, S, Cen., W; Greek National Road 21, W; Greek National Road 30, Cen., E
It is 1 km south of Paralia, and 8 km southwest of Patras city centre. Ovria is to the east. The community consists of the villages Mintilogli (seat) and Chantziliako. Its population is around 2,000. Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos) passes the village on the north and west.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 11.978 km 2. [3] It is a suburb of Patras, about 6 km southwest of the city centre. The town population is about 5,400. It was a popular beach resort for residents of Patras area till mid '80s.
7.72 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 222nd 8.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) Death rate 12.05 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 14th Net migration rate 0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 62nd Life expectancy at birth
Patras Province was a province covering the western part of the Achaea prefecture, Greece. Its largest city and seat of administration was Patras . Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities Patras, Erymanthos and West Achaea , and the municipal unit Erineos . [ 1 ]