Vrachnaiika ( el, Βραχνέικα or Βραχναίικα, ) is a town and a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Achaea,
West Greece
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Patras, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 32.111 km
2.
It is suburb of a Patras, about 11 km southwest of the city centre, on the
Gulf of Patras
The Gulf of Patras ( el, Πατραϊκός Κόλπος, ''Patraikós Kólpos'') is a branch of the Ionian Sea in Western Greece. On the east, it is closed by the Strait of Rion between capes Rio and Antirrio, near the Rio-Antirrio bridge, that ...
coast. The population of the town is around 2,700 and of the municipal unit around 4,600. The community has a disused rail station on the line from Patras to
Pyrgos. The
Greek National Road 9
Greek National Road 9 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 9, abbreviated as EO9) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the West Greece and Peloponnese regions. It runs along the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, from Patras to ...
(Patras - Pyrgos) passes south of the centre.
Population history
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Vrachnaiika is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*
Kaminia
*
Monodendri
*
Theriano
*
Tsoukalaiika
*Vrachnaiika (Vrachnaiika, Dresthena, Moiraiika)
External links
GTP - VrachnaiikaGTP - Municipality of Vrachnaiika
See also
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List of settlements in Achaea
References
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Populated places in Achaea