Agios Andreas (Greek: Άγιος Ανδρέας, meaning " Saint Andrew") is a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; American and British English spelling differences, see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community ...

in the south-central part of the city of Patras, 2 km from the downtown core. Agios Andreas is linked with the

Akti Dymaion Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

and the GR-9/ E55 ( Patras - Pyrgos -

Kyparissia Kyparissia ( el, Κυπαρισσία) is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit ...

) and Korinthou Street. The OSE's SPAP line is 300 m from the old shoreline and 500 m from the new shoreline by the expanded

Port of Patras A port is a maritime law, maritime facility comprising one or more Wharf, wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge Affreightment, cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can a ...

Nearest subdivisions

Tsivdi Tsivdi (Greek: Τσιβδί, literally meaning "κίβδηλος", "counterfeit") is a List of neighbourhoods in Patras, neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Patras 1 km southwest of the downtown core. The subdivision is bounded wi ...

, north

Streets

* Agiou Andreou Street (local and two-way) *

and the GR-9/ E55 (Patras - Pyrgos -

) * Korinthou Street * Maizonos Street * Papaflessa Street * Trion Navarchon Street

Geography

The area is made up of residential homes all over the area, except for the western part where there are several supermarkets and a cinema and trees by the old coastline. Westward is the proposed cargo section of the

and several playgrounds. Houses are mainly eight stories tall. Its total area is approximately 2 to 3 km² and 1 to 1.5 km in length from west to east and 1 km in width from north to south. Its total street length is approximately 20 km of which 4 km are main streets, the rest are residential.

History

The area used to be farmlands, until the early-20th century when the area saw housing expansion with neoclassical buildings and paved streets. The population grew later on. After

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and the

Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος �όλεμος}, ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom and ...

, the area saw taller buildings as high as eight stories tall and neoclassical buildings are more rarely seen. A supermarket was added later on in the 1990s and later, a cinema was added. More land was added to the west and in the early-2000s the Port of Patras expanded southward. {{coord missing, Greece Neighborhoods in Patras