Gouva (Greek: Γούβα, meaning "
puddle
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") is a
neighbourhood
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in the northeastern part of the city of
Patras
Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...
, 4 km direct and 5 km via road from the downtown core. Gouva is linked with a mountain road and with
Amerikis Street. The
GR-8A and the
E55 (
Athens
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Corinth
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- Patras) as well as the
GR-5/E55 (
Antirrio
Antirrio (, pronounced , ) is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a mu ...
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Agrinio
Agrinio (Greek language, Greek: Αγρίνιο, ; Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 89,691 inhabitants (2021) as well as the seco ...
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Ioannina
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) and the
GR-48/
E65 (Patras - Antirrio -
Nafpaktos
Nafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos.
It is named for Naupaktos (, Latini ...
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Livadia) as well as
Panepistimiou Street
Panepistimiou Street (, "University Street", named after the University of Athens, the central building of which is on the upper corner) is a major street in Athens that has run one way for non-transit vehicles since 2002 from Vasilissis Amalias ...
.
Nearest places
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Skioessa Skioessa (, meaning "umbrageous", before 1955: Βούντενη - ''Voudeni'')[Σ ...]
, north
Streets
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Little Patras Perimeter Road - a bypass not connected with another highway
Geography
Farmlands still dominate the area especially the valley areas. Residential areas and buildings are in the valley areas. The forests covers the remainder of the area as well as grasslands, especially on hilltops and mountaintops.
The farmlands are to the extreme northern and the southern part, and are now in small numbers, residential covers the remainder of the area and the supermarkets and several factories to the west. Its total area is approximately 5 to 6 km
2 and 2 km in length from west to east and 2 km in width from north to south. Its total street length is approximately 15 to 20 km of which 4 km are main streets, the rest are residential.
History
The housing developments of Patras arrived in the mid to late 20th century and boomed rapidly until the 1990s. Prior it was a rural neighbourhood and were based in agriculture, it is still dominant with a smaller percentage.
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Neighborhoods in Patras