Patras Province

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Statistics
Prefecture:	Achaea
Number of subdivisions:	12 municipalities 1 community
Capital:	Patras
Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:	Gulf of Corinth Erymanthos
Percent of the prefectural population:	about 65 to 70%
Percent of the prefectural area:	about 45 to 50%
Car designation (as of 2006):	AX

Patras is a province and a region covering the western part of the Achaea prefecture. Several parts do not recognize it as a province and are not used in addresses but as a region. The main places includes Patras, Kato Achaia, Ovrya, Rio and Chalandritsa. The Panachaiko mountains dominate the northwest, the Erymanthos to the east, the Skollis to the south, the Movri to the southwest and Mavros Oros to the west. The Pineios River flows to the south and several others including Tytheos, Parapeiros, Charandros to the north. It has a plain to the northwest, within Patras and between Erymanthos and Skollis. The largest city is Patras, its second is Kato Achaia.

Municipalities

• Dymi
• Erineos
• Farres
• Larissos
• Messatida
• Movri
• Olenia
• Paralia
• Patras
• Rio, Greece
• Tritaia
• Vrachneika

Communities

• Kalentzi

Older municipalities

• Panachaia (until the 1940s)

Transportation

• GR-5/E55
• GR-8/E65
• GR-9/E55
• GR-33
• GR-48
• GR-62
• Lappa - Araxos Road
• Patras - Kalavryta Road

Media

Newspapers, and others

Current newspapers

• Achagiotika Nea - Kato Achaia
• Allagi - Patras
• Elliniki Dimokratia - Patras
• Epi ta proso - Patras
• Evdomada - Patras
• I Gnomi - Patras
• Imera - Patras
• Imerisios Kyrix - Patras
• Kosmos tis Patras - Patras
• Paraliaki - Patras
• Patraiki Evdomada - Patras
• Politis ton Patron - Patras - political
• Proodos - Patras
• Simerini - Patras
• Splats - a fanzine based in Patras
• Sport Week - Patras - sports
• Symvoulos Epocheiriseon - Patras

Ceased and defunct newspapers

• Achaikos Kyrix - an older newspaper of Patras
• Tachydromos tis Anatolis - Patras, one of the few newspapers that were only published in French

Radio

• ERA Patras - located in Rio next to the Rio Junction with the new GR-9/E55 and the GR-5/E55 and the GR-48/E65
• Step FM - 97 FM
• Super B - Patras
• Top FM - 93 FM

Television

• Achaia Channel
• Patra TV
• Super B - Patras
• Tele Con - Patras
• Tele Time - Patras

Companies

• Achaiki
• Kronos Supermarkets - Patras

Sporting clubs

• Achaiki - Kato Achaia, third division
• Achaikos Kato Achaias
• Achaios Saravali Patras - Saravali - fourth division
• Achilleas Ovrias FC - Ovrya, fourth division
• Achilleas Patras AC - Patras, fourth division
• Achilleas Kamaron
• AEK Patras FC - Patras, fourth division
• Aetos Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Agiou Dimitriou FC
• Anagennisi/Aias Sympoliteias - Rododafni
• Apollon Eglykada
• Apollon Patras
• Apolloniada Patras
• Aris Patras
• A.O. Ampelokipi Patras
• A.O. Anagenisi Patras
• Agyia FC - Patras (Agyia), fourth division
• Albatross Glyfadas Patras - Patras, fourth division
• AS Apollo Eglikadas, fourth division
• Aris - fourth division
• Astrapi Psarofai - Patras (Psarofai), fourth division
• Atlantida Girokomeiou - Patras - third division (as of 2007)
• Atromitos Lappa
• Atromitos Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Atromitos Zarouchleika Patras - Patras (Zarouchleika) - fourth division
• Dafni FC
• Diagoras Vrachneika - Vrachneika
• Doxa Chalandritsas FC - Chalandritsa, fourth division
• Doxa Paralias - Paralia, fourth division
• Dimi A.O.
• Doxa Niforeika
• Elpida Egklykadas - Egklykada, fourth division
• Esperos Patras
• Ethnikos Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Ethnikos Sageika - Sageika, fourth division
• Filia Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Fostiras Ovrias FC - Ovrya, fourth division
• Galini Patras
• Ikaros Petrotou
• Ikaros Lakopetras
• Iraklis Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Iraklis Leykas
• Iraklis Zachloritika - Zachloritika
• A.O. Kallithea
• A.O. Kaminia
• A.O. Krini
• A.O. Krini 97
• P.A.O. Kritikon Patras
• Kypros Patron AC - Patras, fourth division
• A.E. Limnochori - Limnochori
• Milon Ovrias
• NE Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Niki Nikoleika - Nikoleika or Nikolaiika
• NO Patras - Patras, fourth division
• APS Olympiakos - fourth division
• Olympiakos Kamares - Kamares - fourth division
• Olympiakos Patras - Patras - fourth division
• Olympiacos Soudeneika
• Olympiada
• A.O. Omonia Patras
• Ormi Patras - Patras - fourth division
• Pampatraikos - Patras - third division (as of 2007)
• Panachaiki - Patras, second division
• Panachaikos Souli
• Panaigialeios - fourth division
• Panathinaikos Skagiopouleiou - fourth division
• Panionios Achilleas Agyias AU - Patras (Agyia), fourth division
• P.A.O. Kosmos
• Pelopas Patras
• APS Patrai - Patras, fourth division
• Patraikos AC - Patras, fourth division
• PAS Patraikos - Patras, fourth division
• EA Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Patreos - Patras, fourth division
• Perivoila F.C.
• Pigasos Begkoulariou FC, fourth division
• Pirsos Patras
• A.O. Polyteknos
• Poseidonos Patras AU - Patras, ceased
• Proodevtiki - fourth division
• A.O. Psilalonia Patras
• A.O. Romanos - Romanos
• Skakistikos Omilos Patras - Patras, fourth division
• Spartakos Ovrya - Ovrya - third division (as of 2007)
• A.O. Thea - Thea
• Thyella - Patras, third division
• Thyella Skiada - third division
• Tritaiikos Stavrodromi - Stavrodromi
• A.O. Vouprasio
• A.P.S. Zavlani - fourth division

Basketball only

• A.O. Skagiopouleio

Defunct and historic teams

• Foinikas Patras - Patras
• Lefkos Asteras - Patras
• Olympiakos Kato Achaia - Kato Achaia
• Thriamvos Patras - Patras, now part of EPA Patras

See also

• Provinces of Greece

	North: Gulf of Corinth	Northeast: Aigialeia
West: Ilia	Patras	East: Kalavryta''
	South: Elis and Olympia

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