Metamorfosi Sotiros
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Metamorfosi Sotiros Μεταμόρφωση Σωτήρος |
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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... : |
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... : |
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... |
Section: | South |
Area/distance code: | 11-0030-2610 |
Name of inhabitants: | - |
Website: | www.cityofpatras.gr |
Metamorfosi Sotiros (Greek: Μεταμόρφωση Σωτήρος) is a neighbourhood in the southern 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...
. The area is next to the municipality of Messatidos, the subdivision is divided between the two municipalities and then, the communes of Ovrya
Ovrya
Ovrya is a town in Greece, located just 3 mi directly south of Patras, and 4 mi south from the GR-33 highway. It is a suburb within the Patras metropolitan area. It was the seat of the former municipality of Messatida....
and Saravali
Saravali
Saravali is a community located 6 km SE of the centre and a suburb of Patras, Greece, north of Ovrya, northeast of Mintilogi and 9 km W of the Iera Moni Omplou/Omplos Monastery. Saravali is in the northern part of the municipal unit of Messatida...
in which are now municipal districts. The subdivision was built in 1970 and many inhabitants came from Tritaia
Tritaia
Tritaia is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 5,462 . The seat of the municipality is in Stavrodromi...
. It also features the central vegetable shop in Patras. The area is the northern part of Demenika
Demenika
Demenika is a place south of downtown in south suburban Patras that is divided into two municipalities. The northern part up to Glafkos river is in the city of Patras, and the southern part up to the new beltway is in the municipal unit of Messatida with western Saravali and northern Ovrya...
. Farmlands covers the outer areas as well as a small forest.
Street names are named after towns in the Ilia prefecture
Elis Prefecture
Elis or Ilia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its capital is Pyrgos.-Geography:...
. It has a road to Lefka
Lefka
Lefka is a town in Northern Cyprus, overlooking Morphou Bay. It is located in the Nicosia District , in the area under Turkish control since the 1974 invasion. In 1997 Lefka had 6,000 inhabitants. The town is the site of the European University of Lefke....
and the road running the south of 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 which connects with Perivola
Perivola, Patras
Perivola also with an o accented is a neighbourhood in the east-southeastern part of the city of Patras, 6 km direct and 7 km via road from the downtown core. Perivola is linked with Patron-Klaous Road which is 3 km long. Since 2002, it is linked with the Patras Bypass in which it was first...
and Petroto. It also has shops built in the 1970s and 1980s and more in the 1990s up to the Glafkos river.
The area also has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasia (secondary school), two gas stations (including a Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
station), and a town square (plateia
Plateia
Plateia or platia is the Greek word for town square. Most Greek and Cypriot cities have several town squares which are a point of reference in travelling and guiding...
).