| Psathopyrgos Ψαθόπυργος |
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Psathopyrgos
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | West Greece |
| Regional unit: | Achaea |
| Municipality: | Patras |
| Municipal unit: | Rio |
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| - Population: | 834 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Postal: | 265 00 |
| Auto: | AX |
Psathopyrgos (Greek: Ψαθόπυργος) is a tourist village located in the municipal unit of Rio in the northern part of Achaea. It is the northernmost community in the Peloponnese. Psathopyrgos is located southeast of Cape Drepano, a trapezoidal cape facing the northwest and is the northernmost point in the Peloponnese and the prefecture of Achaia. The village is connected slightly north with two roads linking the old GR-8 linking Patras and Corinth and southwest to Arachovitika. The nearest interchange for the GR-8A superhighway is nearly 9 km WSW. The Gulf of Corinth lies directly to the east via the 800 m seaside main street and indirectly to the north and the Strait of Rio-Antirio west of the cape. It is located about 9 km NE of Rio, about 15 km NE of Patras, about 9 km ENE of the Rio-Antirio Bridge, and 214 km W of Athens via the new road and about 210 km W from the old highway.
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Psatho means straw/bamboo etc, psathopirgos- strawcastle
| Year | Population |
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| 1981 | 479 |
| 1991 | 550 |
| 2001 | 834 |
The area around Psathopyrgos has mainly groves with a few pasture lands and other types of crop surrounding the area to the west and southeast. Half of the land is groves and mountains lie to the south. Forests are also situated to the south and the eastern part is filled with pine trees while grasslands are in the sloped parts. The area has never had suburban housing developments. Arachovitika is bounded by the superhighway GR-8A/E65 (Patras - Athens) which also accesses to GR-5/E55, GR-9/E55 and GR-48/E65]] through the westbound lanes to its southeast and east. The Panachaiko mountain range cannot be seen, the mountains of southeastern part of Acarnania including Nafpaktia with Nafpaktos and the southern part of Phokida is to the west. The Rio-Antirio bridge can sometimes be seen in clear conditions. The small stream which flows about 2 km west of Psathopyrgos. The railway runs north of Psathopyrgos.
official website : www.psathopirgos.gr
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