Metochi
Metochi is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Larissos, western Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Metochi, Vouprasio, Neo Vouprasio and Lappas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 571 residents
- Description: village in Larissos, Achaea, Greece
- Also known as: “Metóchi”, “Metochi, Larissos”, “Metokhi”, “Metókhi”, and “Metókhion”
- Postal code: 27052
Places of Interest
Highlights include Patras Araxos Airport and Dymaean Wall.
Patras Araxos Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Araxos Airport is the airport of Patras, the third-largest city in Greece. It serves as a combined civilian and military airport and is located near its namesake, the village of Araxos, Achaea. Patras Araxos Airport is situated 3½ km northeast of Metochi.
Dymaean Wall
Castle
Photo: Siga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teichus or Teichos, also known as Teichus/Teichos of the Dymaeans or Kalogria Castle, was a prehistoric acropolis in the territory of Dyme, in ancient Achaea, Greece, near the promontory Araxus, which was said to have been built by Heracles, when he made war upon the Eleans. Dymaean Wall is situated 3½ km north of Metochi.
Kalogria Beach
Beach
Kalogria beach is the name of a sandy Blue Flag beach that is located in the vicinity of the village Araxos, in Northwestern Peloponnese, Greece. The beach is beside the Kotychi and Strofylia National Park, it has a length of ~9 Km and width 80m and is one of the longest sandy beaches of Greece. Kalogria Beach is situated 3 km west of Metochi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Araxos and Apideonas.
Araxos
Village
Araxos is a village and community in Larissos municipal unit, within West Achaea, in northwestern Achaea, Greece. It is located about 29 km southwest of Patras. Araxos is situated 4½ km north of Metochi.
Apideonas
Village
Apideonas is a village in the municipal unit of Larissos, in Achaea, Greece. It is located in the plains near the Ionian Sea, 3 km southeast of Lappas, 7 km northeast of Varda and 33 km southwest of Patras. Apideonas is situated 6 km southeast of Metochi.
Sageika
Village
Sageika is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Movri, western Achaea, Greece. It is located in the plains between the Movri hills and the Gulf of Patras. Sageika is situated 7 km east of Metochi.
Metochi
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Achaea, Achaea, West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.12617° or 38° 7′ 34″ northLongitude
21.39984° or 21° 23′ 59″ eastPopulation
571Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8GC349GX+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1752789374OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
257099Wikidata ID
Q6824185
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Metochi” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Metóchion”
- Greek: “Μετόχι Αχαΐας”
- Greek: “Μετόχι Λαρισσού Αχαΐας”
- Greek: “Μετόχι Λαρισσού”
- Greek: “Μετόχι”
- Greek: “Μετόχιον”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metókhi i Akhaía”
- Russian: “Метохи”
- Swedish: “Metóchion”
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