| Tsoukaleika Τσουκαλαίικα |
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Tsoukaleika
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | West Greece |
| Regional unit: | Achaea |
| Municipality: | Patras |
| Municipal unit: | Vrachnaiika |
| Population statistics (as of 2001) | |
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| - Population: | 442 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (min-max): | 0 - 10 m (0 - 33 ft) |
| Postal: | 250 02 |
| Auto: | AX |
Tsoukaleika (Greek: Τσουκαλέικα, older form: Τσουκαλαίικα Tsoukalaiika) is a village in the municipal unit of Vrachnaiika in the northern part of Achaea. It is considered the southermost place in the metropolitan area of Patras. 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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| Year | Population | Change |
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| 1981 | 448 | - |
| 1991 | 338 | -110 or -24.55% |
| 2001 | 442 | +104 or +30.77% |
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.
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 while there are no beaches in the northern part. Residential areas are within the old highway. Tsoukaleika has approximately 10 km of paved road and 10 to 15 km of gravel roads. Lousika also has approximately 10 to 15 km of hydro lines as well as phone lines. Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1970s when suburban housing arrived and did not boom until the 1980s. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. The population declined between the 1981 and the 1991 census, but it recovered between the 1991 and the 2001 censuses. In April 1996, the surface was surveyed at the archaeological site of Scagia near Tsoukaleika.
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