Velo, Greece

Velo (Modern Greek: Βέλο, Vèlo. Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Βέλον, Vèlon) is a community and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Prefecture of Corinthia. Greece National Road 8, the old Corinth-Patra highway, passes through the municipality. The distance from Corinth is about 10km west. It is located southeast of Kiato. Velo is accessible via the Kiato interchange on the Greece National Road 8A.

Nearest places

• Kiato
• Vocha

Communities

• Ellinochòri
• Kokkòni
• Krìnes
• Neràntza
• Poulìtsa
• Stimànga

Historical population

Year	Communal population	Change	Municipal population
1981	949	-
1991	1086	137/144.44%	8,200

Other

The community has an elementary school, a secondary school, churches, a post office, a train station (no longer operational), banks, beaches, a junior soccer team named Ellàs Vèlou and a square (plateia) with greenery. The entire area is covered with arable land containing fruit and olive groves, pastures and mixed farming while hills dominate the southern part of the municipality, also consisting of groves and forested areas. The Corinth-Patra toll booth for Greece National Road 8A is found southeast of Velo. Regarding seismology, the region's closest fault line is east of the area (Corinth Fault).

Notable people

• Stathis Psaltis (1952) actor

External links

• GTP - Velo
• GTP - Municipality of Velo
• Our Homeland (www.pelopas.webs.com)

	North: Gulf of Corinth
West: Kiato	Gastouni	East: Vocha
	South: ?

See also

• Communities of Corinthia