Mintilogi, pro. mee-dhee-LOH-ghee (Greek: Μιντιλόγι, before the 1990s, Mindilogi) is a commune in the municipality of Paralia in Greece, 9 km south of and a suburb of Patras. Its nearest communities are Lefka and Ovrya in the north, Paralia and Roitika to the west and south and Thea and Kallithea in the east. Its populaiton is around 4,000 and 5,000. Its dialing code is 2610.
History
A bypass of GR-9 opened in the late-1980s with an interchange, and began construction of a by-pass of Patras after that. In around 1990, a bridge was built, the opening wasn't until 2002 and then the starting point of lamposts installed in 2001. In 2002, the interchange was under construction, and shortly after disconnecting southbound traffic for one month, the beltway opened. It also disconnected traffic to Vrachnaiika for about half a year until it was repaired. It passes on the western part of the community and now forms a communal boundary of Roitika with the boundary of the municipality of Vrachnaiika and up to Paralia.
Geography
Mintilógi is settled around 30 m above sea level, and up to 100 m above sea level. The northern part is flat with olive groves and pasture land, but the central and the eastern part is covered with hills and small mountains. It is used to run through a road linking GR-9 or E55 and Ovrya named 28os Oktovríou. Residential houses run up to the hill. A view of Paralia and Roitika is seen over the top. There are no industrial buildings. Its nearest train station and the beach is in nearby Roitika. The community includes a school and a church.
Agricultural lands used to dominate the north and south until housing was built between the 1970s and the 1980s; agricultural lands have disappeared to a fraction in the north and the rest is in the south with entirely groves and pastures.
The centre forms two junctions for Mintilogi and south of that and is on a hilly setting of 5 to 10 m above sea level.
GR-9/E55 to the 9th km (from Patras) was opened and the terminus was on this side of the boundary (west), and the westbound entry started to the west along with access to Mintilogi.