Peiros
The Peiros is a river in the central and the northwestern parts of Achaea, Greece. It is 42.6 km long.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in West Achaea municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Acheloos (ancient name)”, “Achelous (ancient name)”, “Kamenítsa”, “Kamenitza”, “Kaminítsa”, “Peiros Potamos”, “Peiros River”, “Píros Potamós”, and “Pírros”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kato Achaia.
Kato Achaia
Railway station
Photo: Tony Esopi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kato Achaia railway station is a railway station in Kato Achaia in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece. The station is on the former Patras–Kyparissia line and is served by Proastiakos Patras Services.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kato Achaia and Alissos.
Kato Achaia
Town
Photo: Dr Ivo Pingas Robotnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kato Achaia is a town and a community in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is the seat of administration.
Alissos
Village
Alissos is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Dymi, Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Patras, 3 km east of Kato Achaia, 3 km southwest of Kaminia and 17 km southwest of Patras.
Alykes
Hamlet
Photo: Slkozhin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alykes is a village in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece, part of the community of Kato Achaia. An estimated 240 people live permanently there, whose economy is based on fishing. Alykes is situated 3 km west of Peiros.
Peiros
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Peiros” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Píros Potamós”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پيروس”
- Finnish: “Peíros”
- Georgian: “პეიროსი”
- Greek: “Peíros Potamós”
- Greek: “Πείρος ποταμός”
- Greek: “Πείρος Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Πείρος”
- Irish: “Peiros”
- Japanese: “ピロス川”
- Japanese: “ペイロス川”
- Mingrelian: “პეიროსი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kamenitsa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mellas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nezeritiko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peiros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pieros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Piros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Píros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prevedos”
- Romanian: “Râul Piros”
- Russian: “Пирос”
- Swedish: “Píros Potamós”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Peiros”. Photo: Tonyesopi, CC BY 2.5.