Agios Georgios, Achaea

Agios Georgios, Achaea

Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος, Saint George) is a quarter of the municipality of Rio, Achaea, Greece. Its area is just a width of about 1 km and by about 100 m. The area is about 1.2 km². The neighboring places are Rio along with the highway to the west, Kastritsi to the northeast and is accessed to the northern part of the Panachaicus, the university and the hospital to the east and the river to the south. It is located 8 km NE of Patras. The quarter is passed by the old highway.

*Population: around about 500 to 800
*Postal code: 265 00
*Elevation: about 20 m
*Dialing code: +30-2610

About Agios Georgios

This quarter of Rio has a church, a small square ("plateia"). Farming used to dominate the lands east of the community. But when a university and a hospital came over, that part of the land is lost. The interchange with the toll highway is to the north.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Achaia prefecture, including sections and quarters


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