Infobox Greek Dimos name Psathopyrgos name local image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal lat deg 38 lat min 20 lon deg 21 lon min 52 elevation 5 periph West Greece periphunit Achaea municipality Patras municunit Rio, Greece Rio population as of 2001 population village 670 pop community 834 area village postal code 265 00 area code licence AX website Psathopyrgos Greek language Greek is a tourist village and a community in the municipal unit of Rio, Greece Rio in the northern part of Achaea , Greece . Psathopyrgos is located on the Gulf of Corinth , southeast of Cape Drepano , the northernmost point of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is 2 km northeast of Drepano, Achaea Drepano and 9 km northeast of Rio. The Greek National Road 8A Patras Aigio Corinth and the railway from Patras to Corinth pass south of the village. The community Psathopyrgos consists of the villages Psathopyrgos and Kato Rodini. Historical population class wikitable Year Population village Population community 1981 479 1991 550 669 2001 670 834 See also List of settlements in Achaea External links http www.psathopirgos.gr Psathopyrgos cultural club References reflist Patras div Category Populated places in Achaea el ro Psathopyrgos ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 The first version of this article has been based in the text of el of the el Greek Wikipedia published under GFDL . Infobox River river name Volinaios br origin Panachaiko basin countries Greece length approx. 20 km mouth Gulf of Corinth br Coord 38.3368 21.8676 display it watershed location Achaea Volinaios lang el , also Drepaneiko is a river in the northern part of Achaea , Greece . It empties into the Gulf of Corinth . The river is named after the ancient town of Boline, Achaea Boline . The river begins in the northern part of the Panachaiko mountains, it flows through the village Drepano, Achaea Drepano where it has water all year round. The river flows into the Gulf of Corinth near Psathopyrgos . Category Achaea Category Rivers of Greece el nn Volin os ... more details
Other uses Drepano disambiguation Drepano Infobox Greek Dimos name Drepano name local image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal lat deg 38 lat min 19 lon deg 21 lon min 51 elevation min 40 elevation max 450 periph West Greece periphunit Achaea municipality Patras municunit Rio, Greece Rio established c established m districts mayor party since population as of 2001 population village 557 area village area municipality postal code 265 00 area code licence AX website Drepano , lang el is a village in the municipality of Patras , Achaea , Greece . As of 2001, it had a population of 388. It is situated on the river Volinaios , about 60 m above sea level. It is 2 km west of Psathopyrgos and 7 km northwest of Rio, Greece Rio . The Greek National Road 8A Athens Corinth Patras passes north of the village. Population class wikitable Year Population 1981 461 1991 601 2001 557 See also List of settlements in Achaea References reflist External links http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 3753 Drepano at the GTP Travel Pages Rio, Greece Category Rio, Greece Category Populated places in Achaea el ro Drepano Ahaia ... more details
This is a list of port s and harbor s in Greece . Most used ports Unreferenced section date February 2010 by what WP V verifiable , WP RS reliable secondary source can we say these are most or least used? col begin col 3 Alexandroupolis port http www.ola sa.gr city Alexandroupolis Antirrio Argostoli port Argostoli Argostoli Chania Chios Corfu Corinth Elefsina Harbor Elefsina Eretria Drapetsona col 3 Faliro Bay Palaio Faliro Heraklio Igoumenitsa Kalamata port Kalamata Kalamata Port of Kavala Kavala Kavala, Greece Kavala Port of Kyllini Kyllini Lavrio Messolongi Mytilini Nafpaktos Patras port Patras Patras includes a marina col 3 Piraeus harbour Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhodes Rio, Greece Rio Samos, Greece Samos Santorini Thera, Greece Thera Port of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Volos port Volos Volos, Greece Vonitsa Zakynthos col end Least used ports Unreferenced section date February 2010 by what WP V verifiable , WP RS reliable secondary source can we say these are most or least used? On mainland col begin col 3 Agios Nikolaos Fokida , Greece Agios Nikolaos Aigio Amfilochia Astakos Astros Gytheio Katakolo col 3 Kiato, Greece Kiato Koroni Kranidi Lechaina , opening soon Leonidi Nafplio Nea Makri col 3 Nea Palatia Myloi Argolida , Greece Myloi Parga Petalidi Psathopyrgos Pylos Rafina Stylida , Bauxite Tyros Xylokastro col end On islands col begin col 3 Aegina Agia Kyrikos on Ithaca Agios Nikolaos, Crete Agios Nikolaos on Crete Alonissos Amorgos Andros, Greece Andros Astypalaia Erikoussa Fiskardo on Kefalonia Galatas, Greece Galatas Gavdos Heraklia Cyclades , Greece Heraklia Hora Sfakion Hydra island Hydra Ierapetra on Crete Ios island Ios Istiaia Itea, Greece Itea col 3 Ithaca Kalamos Kastellorizo Karystos Kea island Kea Kissamos Kastelli Kimolos Kos island Kos Kymi, Greece Kymi Kythira northern part Lindos Lixouri Mathraki Milos, Greece Milos Mykonos Myrina, Greece Myrina on Lemnos Naxos Island Naxos col 3 Nydri Oinousses Othono Paros Paxoi Poros, Greece Poros Saronic P ... more details
Geobox Range name Panachaikon other name image Panachaiko second highest peak .JPG image caption View of the second highest peak, during winter country Greece region type Regional units of Greece Region region Achaea region1 parent border geology period orogeny length 20 length orientation width width orientation highest Pyrgos Palavou highest elevation 1928 highest lat d 38 highest lat m 12 highest lat s 9 highest lat NS N highest long d 21 highest long m 52 highest long s 8 highest long EW E map map caption The Panachaikon or Panachaiko lang el , Ancient Katharevousa , from , all and , Achaean , also known as Vodias in medieval times and until the early 20th century, is a mountain range that spans about 20 km in length from north to south from Glafkos river Glafkos near Patras to Psathopyrgos , and 15 to 20 km from east to west from east of Patras to west of Selianitika . It is the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese . The highest point is 1,928 m, variously given at 1,924, 1,925, and 1,926 m. The mountain is home to two mountain shelter shelters , Greece s largest wind farm with 40 generators, which opened in 2006, and two communications stations. Snow is common in areas over 1,000 m in the winter. Paragliding is common in areas under 1,100 m. Due to overgrazing , frequent forest fires, and the appropriation of land for housing, the mountain s ecology and soil have Soil retrogression and degradation suffered greatly , to the extent that much of the soil is now barren or can only support herbaceous vegetation. The range is sparsely forested, mainly on its western and southern slopes, while the most fertile areas lie on the eastern and western slopes. Gallery gallery File Panorama panaxaikoy.jpg View of the second highest peak File Prasoudi 45.jpg Plateau of Prasoudi File 2.jpg View from the top,with Patras on the lower left side File .JPG File Ascening path, Pan ... more details
This is a list of river s that are at least partially in Greece . The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rivers e.g. X do not flow through Greece themselves, but they are mentioned for having Greek tributaries. commented out not sure whether this applies to any river near Greece They are given in italics . The confluence is given in parentheses. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of Greece see Category Rivers of Greece . Tributaries Adriatic Sea Vjos Aoos Vjos near Novosel , Albania Drino in Tepelen , Albania Sarantaporos Epirus Sarantaporos near arshov , Albania Ionian Sea Rivers in this section are sorted north Albanian border to south Cape Malea . Thyamis near Igoumenitsa Tyria river Tyria near Molossoi Vrosina Acheron near Parga Louros river Louros near Preveza Arachthos river Arachthos in Kommeno Achelous River Acheloos near Astakos Megdovas near Fragkista Agrafiotis near Fragkista Granitsiotis near Granitsa, Evrytania Granitsa Evinos near Missolonghi Mornos near Nafpaktos Elissonas Corinthia Elissonas in Dimini, Corinthia Dimini Fonissa near Xylokastro Krios stream Krios in Aigeira Krathis near Akrata Selinountas river Selinountas near Aigio Vouraikos near Diakopto Volinaios in Psathopyrgos Charadros in Patras Glafkos river Glafkos in Patras Peiros in Dymi, Achaea Dymi Tytheus in Olenia Larissos river Larissos near Araxos Pineios Peloponnese Pineios near Gastouni Alfeios near Pyrgos, Elis Pyrgos Erymanthos river Erymanthos near Tripotamia Ladon river Ladon near Tripotamia Aroanios near Filia, Achaea Filia Lousios near Gortyna, Arcadia Gortyna Elissonas Alfeios Elissonas near Megalopolis, Greece Megalopoli Neda river Neda near Giannitsochori Peristeri stream Peristeri in Kalo Nero Pamisos river Pamisos near Messene Nedonas in Kalamata Eurotas river Eurotas in Elos Oenus river Oenus in Sparti municipality Sparti Aegean Sea Rivers in this section are sort ... more details
File Proastiakos logo.png right 335px border Proastiakos services Proastiak s lang el , is the name used for the suburban commuter rail services of TrainOSE , servicing Greece Greece s three largest cities Athens , Thessaloniki and Patras providing them with modern commuter rail links, towards their suburbs and also towards other cities and towns located around them. The service, operated by TrainOSE uses infrastructure of the Hellenic Railways Organisation OSE . ref The brand name Proastiakos correct spelling is Proasteiakos which translates as suburban , is derived from ancient Greek proasteion suburb, , pro asty meaning before the city . However the same brand name has also been used for some regional rail services. ref In Athens, the service connects the port of Piraeus and the Athens Central Railway Station with Athens International Airport , while also providing commuter rail links to Kiato , via Corinth and to Chalcis . There are plans to extend the Proastiakos service to Loutraki and Xylokastro west of Athens , Chalkis and Thiva north of Athens and to Rafina and Lavrio in southeast Attica . In Thessaloniki , Proastiakos operates two services. The first connects the city s New Railway Station with the city of Larissa and the second connects the city with Edessa, Greece Edessa . In July 2010 a new commuter rail service was launched in Patras , connecting the city with Rio, Greece Rio . There are plans to extend this service towards Psathopyrgos and Kato Achaia . History The concept of a regular and frequent suburban and commuter rail services was introduced in Greece in the 1990 s. It became possible due to extra capacity becoming available through improvements to the existing lines and the construction of new ones. In the past suburban services ran on very infrequent timetables and were not very popular. The construction of a new rail line between central Athens, its eastern suburbs and the new Athens International Airport was ... more details
Aktaio Ano Kastritsi Arachovitika Kato Kastritsi Psathopyrgos valign top Paralia Paralia Mintilogli ..., in Psathopyrgos , a suburb of Patras. Energy File Dromos panaxaiko.jpg thumb View of the wind park ... more details
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