Glafkos
The Glafkos is a small river in the city of Patras, Greece. It flows into the Gulf of Patras in Patras south of the city centre. It is 26.3 km long. A hydroelectric power plant was built on this river in 1927.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Glafkos Potamos”, “Glafkos River”, “Glaukos”, “Glavkos”, “Glawkos”, “Lefkas”, and “Lévka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ities and Pampeloponnisiako Stadium.
Ities
Railway stop
Photo: Enpatrais, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ities railway station is a railway station on Iteon Road in Patras, Peloponnese, Greece. The station is on the former Patras–Kyparissia line and is served by Proastiakos Patras Services.
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Iaberis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium is a stadium located in Patras, Greece. It was built in 1981 and was originally known as the National Stadium of Patras. In 2002, reconstruction works began and it reopened on 8 August 2004, just in time to host football matches for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Pampeloponnisiako Stadium is situated 3 km east of Glafkos.
St. Andrew
Church
Photo: Kostas94, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral of Saint Andrew also called Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew or simply Hagios Andreas is a Greek Orthodox basilica in the west side of the city center of Patras in Greece. St. Andrew is situated 3 km north of Glafkos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarouchleika and Demenika.
Zarouchleika
Quarter
Zarouchleika or Zarouchlaiika, official name Glafkos, is a large suburb with a population of approximately 50,000 residents, located about 3 km south from the city centre of Patras, Greece.
Demenika
Suburb
Demenika is a village/suburb in the municipality of Patras, Achaea, Greece. It lies 5 kilometres south of the city centre, south of the river Glafkos. It is part of the community of Saravali within the municipal unit of Messatida. Demenika is situated 2½ km southeast of Glafkos.
Aghios Andreas
Neighborhood
Agios Andreas is a neighbourhood in the south-central part of the city of Patras, 2 km from the downtown core. Agios Andreas is linked with the Akti Dymaion and the GR-9/E55 and Korinthou Street. Aghios Andreas is situated 3 km north of Glafkos.
Glafkos
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Glafkos” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glávkos Potamós”
- Finnish: “Gláfkos”
- Georgian: “გლავკოსი”
- Georgian: “გლაფკოსი”
- Greek: “Gláfkos Potamós”
- Greek: “Γλαύκος ποταμός”
- Greek: “Γλαύκος Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Λεύκας”
- Irish: “Glafkos”
- Japanese: “グラフコス”
- Mingrelian: “გლაფკოსი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glafkos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glávkos”
- Persian: “رودخانه گلافکوس”
- Romanian: “Râul Glafkos”
- Swedish: “Glávkos Potamós”
- Tajik: “Глофкус”
- Tajik: “Дарёи глофкус”
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