West Greece
Achaea
Patras

Agios Vasileios

Agios Vasileios is a coastal village in the municipal unit of , in the municipality of . It is located on the , 3 km northeast of . The Greek National Road 8A passes south of the village.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,890 residents
  • Description: town in Achaea, Greece
  • Also known as: “Agios Vasileios, Achaea” and “Gounarianika”
  • Postal code: 26504

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rio–Antirrio bridge ‘Charilaos Trikoupis’ and Venetian Fortress of Rio.

Bridge
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rio–Antirrio Bridge, officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge, is one of the world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridges and longest of the fully suspended type. is situated 4 km west of Agios Vasileios.

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 peninsula in , , at the entrance of the Corinthian Gulf. is situated 3 km west of Agios Vasileios.

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 , 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. is situated 3 km southwest of Agios Vasileios.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panormus and Platani.

Neighborhood
or Panormos was a harbour of ancient Achaea, 15 stadia east of the promontory of Rhium. During the Peloponnesian War, it was at , in 429 BCE, that the Spartan fleet and infantry united prior to the Battle of Naupactus.

Village
is a village in the municipal unit of , , . It is situated in the northern foothills of the mountain. It is 4 km east of Rio, and 2 km south of Agios Vasileios.

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

Agios Vasileios

Latitude
38.31437° or 38° 18′ 52″ north
Longitude
21.81688° or 21° 49′ 1″ east
Population
2,890
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8GC38R78+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1644608686
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
263696
Wiki­data ID
Q12181489
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Agios Vasileios” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أييوس فاسيليوس، أهيا”
  • Arabic: “أييوس فاسيليوس”
  • Asturian: “Agios Vasileios”
  • Dutch: “Agios Vasileios, Achaea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اييوس فاسيليوس”
  • Finnish: “Ágios Vasíleios (Akhaia)”
  • Finnish: “Ágios Vasíleios”
  • French: “Ágios Vasílios”
  • French: “Áyios Vasílios”
  • French: “Saint-Basile”
  • Greek: “Ágios Vasíleios”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Βασίλειος Αχαΐας”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Βασίλειος”
  • Greek: “Γουναριάνικα”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ájos Vasílios i Akhaía”
  • Romanian: “Agios Vasileios (Ahaia)”
  • Romanian: “Agios Vasileios”
  • Russian: “Айос-Василиос”
  • Uzbek: “Agios Vasilios”
  • “Agios Vasileios”
  • “Gounarianika”

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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 “Agios Vasileios”. Photo: Peloponnisios, CC BY-SA 4.0.