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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 ...
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
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.
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. The new Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos) runs south of the town.
It occupies an area of 11,336 km 2 (4,377 sq mi) and its population is, according to the 2011 census, at 679,796 inhabitants. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The capital of the Western Greece is Patras , the third-largest-city in the country with a population of about 280,000 inhabitants.
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
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.
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 ]