Loggos ( el, Λόγγος) is a village in the municipal unit of

Aigialeia Aigialeia ( el, Αιγιάλεια, ) is a municipality and a former Provinces of Greece, province (επαρχία) in the eastern part of the Achaea regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The municipality has an ar ...

in the northeastern part of

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

in the

Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

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. The villages Loggos and

Selianitika Selianitika ( el, Σελιανίτικα) is a coastal village in northern Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Sympoliteia. It is located 6 km northwest of Aigio and 26 km east of Patras, at about 30m abo ...

(adjacent to the southeast) share a beautiful beach on the

Gulf of Corinth The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf ( el, Κορινθιακός Kόλπος, ''Korinthiakόs Kόlpos'', ) is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea, separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. It is bounded in the east by the Isth ...

which is approximately 1.5 km long. Both villages are among the most popular summer destinations of Achaea. Loggos is 2 km east of Kamares, 4 km northwest of

Rododafni Rododafni (Greek: Ροδοδάφνη, before 1928: Μουρλά - ''Mourla'') is a town in northern Achaea, Greece. It is located on the Gulf of Corinth, 4 km northwest of Aigio and 28 km east of Patras. Rododafni had a population of 2,5 ...

and 7 km northwest of

Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' ( el, Αίγιο, Aígio, ; la, Aegium), is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipali ...

. The

Greek National Road 8A Greek National Road 8a ( el, Εθνική Οδός 8a, abbreviated as EO8a) was a toll road in the Attica, Peloponnese and West Greece regions. It connected Athens with the cities of Corinth and Patras. It was built in the 1960s as a replacemen ...

(

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

- Corinth - Patras) runs southwest of the village.

Historical population

Sports

The "Loggos Football Field" is located in the southwestern side of Longos village near Foinikas River. Loggos historical football team, "Aris Loggou", used to be the pride of the natives due to the participation in the First Local Division. Aris Loggou produced skilled football players such as

Giannis Baltimas Giannis Baltimas ( el, Γιάννης Μπαλτιμάς; born 21 June 1975) is a retired Greek football goalkeeper Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the wo ...

- former Panachaiki goalkeeper who participated in the Greek Super League. Loggos sport activities include also 5x5 football fields and a basketball court.

References

External links

Cultural Society Longos "Lord Byron"
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Longos
(in German)
(Municipality of Sympoliteia official site)
(in Greek) * http://iason.minenv.gr/GMAP2.asp?DHMOS=ΣΥΜΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑΣ&NOMOS=ΑΧΑΙΑΣ (in Greek) br>
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Sources

*Christos Koryllos ''Chorography of Greece'', Athens, 1903

Historical population

Sports

References

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See also