Kaminia is a village in Achaea

Achaea

Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...

, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 1980s, the village is bypassed by GR-9

Greek National Road 9

Greek National Road 9 is the second-longest national highway of Greece. It runs through the western Peloponnese, from Patras to Pylos. Its length is around .This highway travels near:*Bypasses:*Patras and Area, since 2002*Vrachneika*Alissos*Kato Achaia...

 (Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 - Pyrgos

Pyrgos, Elis

Pyrgos is the capital of the Elis peripheral unit in Greece. It is named after a local tower. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain near the Ionian Sea. It is 96 km away from Patras via Greek National Road 9, 320 km from Athens, and...

 - Kyparissia

Kyparissia

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). It is part of the municipal unit of Vrachnaiika, in the southern part. Distance from Patras

Patras

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 is 17 km SW and 79 or 77 km NE of Pyrgos (old distance: 83 km). Its nearby communities are Alissos

Alissos

Alissos is a village in Achaea, Greece. The nearby communities are Kato Achaia to the west and Kaminia to the northeast in the municipality of Vrachneika. It is located 20 km southwest of Patras and 78 km northeast of Pyrgos...

 to the southwest, Tsoukaleika

Tsoukaleika

Tsoukaleika is a village in the municipal unit of Vrachnaiika in the northern part of Achaea. It is considered the southermost place in the metropolitan area of Patras...

 to the north, Agios Stefanos to the east and Kamenitsa

Kamenitsa

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 to the south. The road is also connected to the Patras Industrial Area and sometimes to GR-33. Its main business was agriculture

Agriculture

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, today, most of its industries are manufacturing especially the industrial area and services.

Population

Year	Population
1981	546
1991	635
2001	785

Information

The community has a small train station and is connected by rail. The local geography has a few farms and east are covered with hills with a few abandoned quarries by the road linking the GR-9 and the Patras Industrial Area as well as the GR-9. Kaminia has approximately 8 km of paved road and 10 km of gravel roads. Sinania also has approximately 6 to 8 km of hydro lines as well as phone lines. Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. Several stone-built houses remain. After World War II

World War II

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 and the Greek Civil War

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, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

until the 1980s when suburban housing arrived.