Demenika

Demenika Δεμένικα
Location
Demenika
Coordinates	38°12′N 21°45′E / 38.2°N 21.75°E / 38.2; 21.75Coordinates: 38°12′N 21°45′E / 38.2°N 21.75°E / 38.2; 21.75
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	West Greece
Regional unit:	Achaea
Municipality:	Patras
Municipal unit:	Messatida
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	2,385
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation:	45 m ­(148 ft)
Postal:	265 00
Telephone:	2610
Auto:	AX

Demenika (Greek: Δεμένικα) is a place 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of downtown in south suburban Patras that is divided into two municipalities. The northern part up to Glafkos (Glaukos) river is in the city of Patras, and the southern part up to the new beltway is in the municipal unit of Messatida with western Saravali and northern Ovrya. It also bounds by Lefka, along with mixed residential and industrial area in the south and west. The population is around 2,000 to 2,500 in 1996. Its main streets are Akrotiriou and Dimokratias (Demokratias). Most of the urban sprawl lie 100 to 200 m within the two main streets. The community was dominated by agriculturalism with olive groves, pastures, and mixed farming used to dominate the land. As suburban housing came into the area, urban dominates rural areas.

Historical population

Year	Village population
1991	1,896
2001	2,385

Geography

Most of the land was used for farming until the 1970s and the 1980s when mixed or urban area is the majority of the community, the rest are agricultural purposes mainly founded in the southeast. Tiny portions Forest is founded in the northeast and within the southern tip of the Glaukos Valley.

See also

• List of places in the Achaia prefecture

References