Rio (Achaia)

Municipality of Rio Δημοτική Κοινότητα Ρίου (Ρίο)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	West Greece
Regional district	Achaia
local community	Patras
Parish	Rio
Geographic coordinates	38 ° 18 '  N , 21 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 18 '  N , 21 ° 47'  E
Height above d. M.	40  m (average)
surface	3.450 km²
Residents	4664 (2011)
Local division	1

Rio ( Greek Ρίο ( n. Sg. ), Older name Ρίον Rhion or Rion ) is a city in the municipality of Rio in the municipality of Patras in the region of western Greece .

location

The city is located on the cape of the same name on the north coast of the Peloponnese in Greece . The Strait of Rio-Andirrio ( Στενό Ρίου-Αντίρριου ) separates the Gulf of Patras in the west from the Gulf of Corinth in the east. South of Rio are the city of Patras and Kato Kastritsi, Akto is to the east.

Administrative history

From 1912 until the territorial reform in 1997, initially as Agios Georgio Riou and from 1982 under the name Rio, the small town also formed a rural community. This was merged in 1997 together with eleven other rural communities to form what was then the municipality of Rio , with the city of Rio as its administrative seat. On the occasion of the administrative reform in 2010 , this municipality became a municipality in the newly created municipality of Patras, where Rio has since formed the municipality of Rio.

traffic

Rio is an important transport hub in the Peloponnese. This is where the routes of the motorway 8 (formerly national road 8a or national road 8 ) from Athens to Patras meet with national road 5 . The national road 5 is the European route 55 , the motorway 8 or national road 8a is the European route 94 . Since summer 2004, Rio on the Peloponnese has been connected to Andirrio in Aetolia-Acarnania by the approximately 2,500 m long Rio-Andirrio bridge .

Attractions

The Rio Fortress with the Rio-Andirrio Bridge

Immediately to the east of the Rio-Andirrio Bridge is the Rio Fortress. The fortress, built under Bayezid II. In 1499, was captured by Francesco Morosini in 1687 and received its present form with new bastions and reinforcement of the ramparts. After the Greek Revolution , the fortress was used as a military prison, including during the German occupation of Greece in World War II .

Others

Parts of the University of Patras campus and the university hospital are located in the south of the Rio borough.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
2. ↑ Μετονομασίες των Οικισμών της Ελλάδας, Άγιος Γεώργιος Ρίου - Ρίον (English, Greek)
3. ↑ Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). 1 (Τόμος A, a – K), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , Volume 1, p. 19.
4. ↑ Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). 2 (Τόμος Β, λ – ω), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , p. 384.
5. ↑ Fortress of Rio , Ministry of Culture and Sport (English, Greek)

Web links

Commons : Rio Achaias  - collection of images, videos and audio files