Rododafni (Greek: Ροδοδάφνη, before 1928: Μουρλά - ''Mourla''Name changes of settlements in Greece
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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 ...

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. It is located on the

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, 4 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 ...

and 28 km east of

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. Rododafni had a population of 2,564 in 2011. It was the seat of the municipality of Sympoliteia, which is a municipal unit of the municipality

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 ...

since 2011. The

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(

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- Patras) and the railway Corinth - Patras pass through the town. Rododafni's beach and the area along the coast is called ''Akoli'', while the settlement lying in between is called ''Avythos''.

Population

Sporting clubs

* Anagennisi/Aias Sympoliteias - football (soccer)

External links

Rododafni on GTP Travel Pages

References

{{Sympoliteia Aigialeia Populated places in Achaea

Population

Sporting clubs

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See also

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