Kastritsi (Greek, Modern: Καστρίτσι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on) older forms: Kastritsio and Kastritsion are two communities that are divided into Ano Kastritsi and Kato Kastritsi that is located 4 km from downtown Rio and is part of this municipality in the prefecture of Achaia. The distance between the two communities are approximately 4 to 5 km apart. Ano Kastritsi is connected 3 km SE ofGR-8 linking Patras and Corinth. The nearest interchange for the GR-8A superhighway is nearly 3 km W. It is located about 10 km NE of Patras, 6 and 7 km SE of the Rio-Antirio Bridge, 107 km NE of Pyrgos and 212 km W of Athens via two interchanges. Distance from these places to Kato Kastritsi are approximately 4 to 5 km further. This is a town that uses the same modern name, for other uses see Rio Rio or Rion, Latin: Rhion or Rhium (Greek: Modern: Ρίο Rio, Ancient: Ρίον Rion) is a suburban town north of Patras, Greece. ... This article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. ... Greece Interstate 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. ... Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll freeway running from Kifissou some from Skaramangas, outside athend to northeast of Patras, that once had two-lanes running for 70% of the freeway 45 km, now its 45%, 105 km, Patras-Rhion, Longos-Selimantika interchange, Aegion, Platanos to Akrata... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The piers of the Rio-Antirio bridge can slide on their gravel beds to accommodate tectonic movement. ... For other places that have the same name, click Pyrgos (disambiguation) Pyrgos City (Greek: Πύργος) is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece and its located in the western part of the Pelopennese. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...

Nearest places

• Rodini, N
• Panachaiko, east
• Patras, SW and south (and the neighborhood of Sychaina)
• Rio, W
• Platania, NW

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Geography

• Location:
  • Ano Kastritsi:
    • Longitude: 21.829 (21°49'48') E
    • Latitude: 38.268 (38°16'15) N
  • Kato Kastritsi:
    • Longitude: 21.785 (21°47'12') E
    • Latitude: 38.285 (38°17'6') N
• Postal code: 265 00
• Elevation:
  • lowest: about 50 m
  • Ano Kastritsi: 460 m
  • Kato Kastritsi: 96 m
  • highest: about 1,185 m
• Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-2610)-99x xxx

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Historical population

Kastritsi has two school, two churches, a lyceum, a secondary school a small port and two squares (plateies). The two communities also has a Roma population. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

Ano Kastritsi lies on a slope of a mountain which elevates up to about 200 m and lies next to the creek on a local road. The University of Patras lies to the northwest. University of Patras (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών Panepistimio Patron) is a university located 6 km northeast of downtown Patras, 3 km S of the Rio-Antirio bridge, 206 km W of Athens, 106 km NE of Pyrgos and 2 km east of Rhio, Greece. ...

The area aroung Kastritsi are mountainous are part of the Panachaiko mountain ranges. The mountaintops lie to the north and another to the south. The river lies to the south which is also the municipal boundary. Pine forests are situated to the east, grasslands to the west in areas lower than about 300 to 400 m. Barren lands are in higher elevations in the east with a mountaintop of about 1,100 m. The Panachaicus (Greek, Modern: Παναχαϊκό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, commonly Panachaïkos or Panachaiko and Panahaiko, Voidia or Vodia in medieval, post-medieval and until the beginning of the 20th century. ... Species About 115. ...

The Panachaiko can partially seen, the mountains of southeastern part of Acarnania including Nafpaktia with Nafpaktos and the southern part of Phokida is to the west and the Rio-Antirio bridge can be seen in higher elevations but not in the valleys. The Panachaicus (Greek, Modern: Παναχαϊκό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, commonly Panachaïkos or Panachaiko and Panahaiko, Voidia or Vodia in medieval, post-medieval and until the beginning of the 20th century. ... Acarnania was a region of ancient central western Greece that lay along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. ... Naupactus is also a scientific name, see Naupactus (beetle) Nafpaktos, Latin: Naupactus or Naupactos (Italian, Lepanto; modern Greek, Ναύπακτος, rarely Epakto), is a town in the nomarchy of Acarnania and Aetolia, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto. ... Phocis (Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s, also Phokida, Phokis) is an ancient district of central Greece. ... The piers of the Rio-Antirio bridge can slide on their gravel beds to accommodate tectonic movement. ...

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See also

• Communities of Achaia
• Charikleia Kastritsi, a Greek weightlifter