Tsoukaleika
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There is another Tsoukaleika in the prefecture of Messenia, see Tsoukaleika (Messenia), Greece (pop: 315)
Tsoukaleika(Greek: Τσουκαλέικα, older form: Τσουκαλαίικα), older forms Tsoukalaiika, is a village in the municipality of Vrachneika in the northern part of the prefecture of Achaia and sometimes the southermost place in the metropolitan area of Patras but not the area code 30-2610/020-2610. It is located on the old highway which is now bypassed since the 1980s but until the late-1980s had the northern terminus up to near the community of Vrachneika and is connected with the road to the Patras Industrial Area. It is located 16 km (old: 14 km) S of Patras, about 32 km S of the Rio-Antirio bridge 236 km W of Athens, about 85 km W of Kalavryta and 80 km (old: 86 km) NE of Pyrgos.
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[edit] Nearest places
- Vrachneika, N
- Therianos (NE)
- Agios Stefanos, E
- Kaminia, S
[edit] Geography
- Location:
- Latitude: 38.151 (38°9'9) N
- Longitude: 21.643 (21°38'39') E
- Postal code: 250 02
- Elevation: 10 m and sea level
- Area: about 5 km²
- Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-27910)-31 and 67
[edit] Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 448 | - |
| 1991 | 338 | -110/-24/55% |
Tsoukaleika has a school, a church, a post office, a train station (Pyrgos - Amalaida - Lechaina - Kato Achaia - Patras) and a square (plateia). The beaches are west of the village whine there are no beaches in the northern part.
The geography is covered with hills that average its height between 30 and 50 m in the east and groves dominate the northern and the central part. Kaminia is about 400 m south of the two junctions with the road to the industrial area of Patras.
Residential areas are within the old highway.
In April 1996, the surface was surveyed in the archaeological site of Scagia near Tsoukaleika.
