Petroto 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

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, located near Omplos

Omplos

Omplos is a mountain in the northern part of Achaea, Greece. It rises 720 m above sea level. The mountain is shaped like a sugar-loaf, with a 65° slope. The mountain can be reached by three unused roads, one that leads almost to the top of the mountain, one linking to Ovrya in the West, and...

 mountain and the Achaia Clauss

Achaia Clauss

Achaia Clauss is a Greek winery located in Patras in the Peloponnese. It was founded in 1861 by the Bavarian Gustav Clauss. It is most famous for its fortified red wine, Mavrodaphne....

 winery.

Geography

The entry to Achaia Clauss is slightly to the east. Petroto is linked with roads to 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...

 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...

 as well as a road to Krystallovryssi and the Omplos monastery. Petroto is located east of Patras, northeast 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 east of the Patras By-Pass (GR-8

Greek National Road 8

The National Road 8 in Greece is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Attica and Peloponnese regions. It links the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. Until the 1960s when the National Road 8A, a toll road, replaced it as a major route, it was the only road linking Athens and...

/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...

) with its nearest interchange west of 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...

 at the Glafkos. Pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

 forests along with the mountains covers the eastern part. More forests cover the western part with willow

Willow

Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...

 trees and a stream runs to the south. Hills cover the northern part and farmlands dominate the western and southern parts of Petroto. Glafkos lies to the north of Petroto. Much of the population remains rural instead of urban. The urban population lies to the south. The boundary with Patras is partially over the Glafkosr. Petroto was one of the villages in the Achaia prefecture

Prefecture

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 that lost the most population between 1981 and 1991.

Nearest places

• 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...
  
  , north
• Krystallovryssi, southeast
• 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...
  
  , south
• Perivolia, west

History

Petroto is known for its resistance to Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 forces who tried to kill everyone in this place. The Turks had a castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 next to Saint George

Saint George

Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...

's church. Papadopoulos Vasileios house stands on the site of the castle.

Historical population

Year	Population	Change
1981	393	-
1991	33	-360 or -91.60%