Agios Andreas, Patras

Agios Andreas (Greek: Αγιος Ανδρέας meaning Saint Andrew) is a neighbourhood in the south-central part of the city of Patras, 2 km from the downtown core. Agios Andreas is linked with the Akti Dymaion and the GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia) and Korinthou Street. The OSE's SPAP line is 300 m from the old shoreline and 500 m from the new shoreline by the expanded Port of Patras.

Nearest subdivisions

Tsivdi, north

Streets

Agiou Andreou Street (local and two-way)
Akti Dymaion and the GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia)
Korinthou Street
Maizonos Street
Papaflessa Street
Trion Navarchon Street

Geography

The area is made up of residential homes all over the area, except for the western part where there are several supermarkets and a cinema and trees by the old coastline. Westward is the proposed cargo section of the Port of Patras and several playgrounds. Houses are mainly eight stories tall. Its total area is approximately 2 to 3 km² and 1 to 1.5 km in length from west to east and 1 km in width from north to south. Its total street length is approximately 20 km of which 4 km are main streets, the rest are residential.

History

The area used to be farmlands, until the early-20th century when the area saw housing expansion with neoclassical buildings and paved streets. The population grew later on. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the area saw taller buildings as high as eight stories tall and neoclassical buildings are more rarely seen. A supermarket was added later on in the 1990s and later, a cinema was added. More land was added to the west and in the early-2000s the Port of Patras expanded southward.

The City of Patras

Districts of Patras	Central, now 4th East, now 3rd North (Arktiko), now 1st South, now 2nd

Patras neighborhoods	Agia Aikaterini Agia Sofia Agia Triada Agialexiotissa Agios Alexios Agios Andreas Agios Georgios Langoura Agios Dimitrios Agios Dionyssios Agios Nektarios Agyia Ampelokipoi Antheia Anthoupoli Aroi Asyrmatos Begoulaki Chalkomata Dasylio Diakou Drosia Eglykada Eschatovouni Evraiomnimata Geraneika Girokomeio Glaraki Glyfada Gouva Ities Kalamaki Kaminia Kantrianika Kastellokampos Kavouri Kokkinos Milos Kotroni Koukouli Kritika Krya Iteon Kypseli Ladopoulou Lefka Lykochoro Makrygianni Markato Metamorfosi Sotiros Neapoli Zarouchleikon Pagona Pantokratoras Perivola Portes (Rodopoulou) Pratsika Proastio Prosfygika Psachou Psarofai Psilalonia Pyrosvesteio Riganokampos Skagiopouleio Skioessa (Voudeni) Synora Tabachana Taraboura Terpsi Terpsithea Tritaki Tsivdi Tzini Vlatero Voudi Zarouchleika Zavlani

Patras old neighborhoods	Dexameni Egglezika Farmaki Galaxidiotika Gazohori Kloukiniotika Mantzavineika Megoulianitika Tasi

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