Ladopoulo
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Ladopoulo
Λαδόπουλου
Prefecture
Prefectures of Greece
During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and then again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures were the country's main administrative unit...

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Achaia
Province
Provinces of Greece
The provinces of Greece were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially finance services and education, as well as for electoral purposes...

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Patras
City: 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...

Area/distance code: 11-0030-2610
Name of inhabitants: -
Website: www.cityofpatras.gr


Ladopoulou (Greek: Λαδόπουλου) is a neighbourhood in the southeastern part of the city of 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...

 next to the Glafkos
Glafkos
The Glafkos is a river in Greece. It flows into the Gulf of Patras in Patras. The first hydroelectric power plant was built on this river. Currently, it is open to the public as a museum...

 river. The origin of the name comes from a paper factory owned by Evangelos Ladopoulos which made paper in the first decade of the 20th century until the 1980s. Today, the building, the largest part was made into a track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

and other buildings were used for several cultural manifestations.
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