West Greece
Achaea
Patras

Rio

Rio is a town in the suburbs of Patras and a former municipality in , , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb with 5,230 residents
  • Description: subdivision of Patras Municipality, Greece
  • Also known as: “Rhion”, “Rio Municipal Unit”, “Rio Municipality”, “Rio, Greece”, “Ríon”, and “Άγιος Γεώργιος Ρίου”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rio and Venetian Fortress of Rio.

Railway station
Photo: Tony Esopi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is a railway station in , a town in the suburbs of Patras in the northwestern , . The station is located just outside the centre of the city, on Piraeus–Patras line and Patras–Kyparissia line and is served by both Proastiakos Patras Services.

Castle
Photo: Plenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rio Castle, historically known as the Castle of the Morea in opposition to its counterpart, the Castle of Rumelia at , is located at the north tip of the Rio peninsula in , , at the entrance of the Corinthian Gulf.

Hospital
Photo: Markantonios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
University General Hospital of Patras, is a public general located next to the University of Patras. in Rio, Greece, just few kilometers away from the city of .The construction of the hospital was completed in 1988 and a few months later it began operation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aktaio and Kastelocampos.

Suburb
Photo: Rio-Antirrio Ferries, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb.

Quarter
Kastellokampos is a neighbourhood of the city of , , . It has been part of the municipality of Patras since 1879. It is situated on the coast, 6 km north of the city centre of and 1.5 km southwest of Rio.

Suburb
is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Rio, , . The community consists of the villages and Magoula.

Rio

Latitude
38.3019° or 38° 18′ 7″ north
Longitude
21.78258° or 21° 46′ 57″ east
Population
5,230
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR RIO
Open location code
8GC38Q2M+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 95758872
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
254315
Wiki­data ID
Q1852722
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Rio from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Rio” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rion”
  • Arabic: “ريو”
  • Arabic: “ريون، أهيا”
  • Armenian: “Ռիո”
  • Catalan: “Rio”
  • Cebuano: “Río”
  • Chinese: “里翁”
  • Dutch: “Rio”
  • Esperanto: “Rio”
  • Finnish: “Río”
  • French: “Rio”
  • French: “Río”
  • German: “Rio”
  • German: “Rion”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Ρίου”
  • Greek: “Δημοτική Ενότητα Ρίου”
  • Greek: “Ρίο”
  • Greek: “Ρίον”
  • Hungarian: “Río”
  • Italian: “Rio”
  • Italian: “Rion”
  • Japanese: “リオ (ギリシャ)”
  • Japanese: “リオ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Río i Hellas”
  • Polish: “Rio”
  • Polish: “Rion”
  • Romanian: “Agios Georgios (Rio)”
  • Romanian: “Agios Georgios”
  • Russian: “Рион”
  • Spanish: “Rio”
  • Spanish: “Río”
  • Swedish: “Río, Grekland”
  • Ukrainian: “Ріо”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Rio”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dimorigopoulo and Άνω Καστελόκαμπος.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Σινέ Κάστρο and Πλατεία Πίνδου.

Peloponnese: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Arcadia, Corinth, Olympia, and Mycenae.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rio”. Photo: Project2501a, CC BY-SA 3.0.