Rododafni

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Selianitika
Ροδοδάφνη
Statistics
Prefecture: Achaia
Province: Aigialia
Municipality: Sympoliteia (seat)
Municipal district: Rododafni (seat)
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
38.2625 (38° 15' 44") N
22.0475 (22° 2' 43") E
Area: 5.8 km²
Population: (2001)
-
-Percent of the municipality
2,514
32.07%433.45/km²
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
about 10 m (north)
50 m
about 300 m (south)
Postal code: GR-251 00
Area/distance code: 11-(00)30-26940
Car designation: AX

Rododafni (Greek: Ροδοδάφνη), older name: Mourla is a Greek village located 30 km southeast by the old road and 35 km east by the new road from Patras, about 10 km west of Aigio, west of Corinth and north-northwest of Kalavryta. Rododafni had a population of 2,514 in 2001. Rododafni is the seat of the municipality of Sympoliteia. Rododafni is linked with the old GR-8, the new road (GR-8A, Athens - Corinth - Patras) or the superhighway is to the north and its nearest interchange is 3 km to the east.

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[edit] Nearest places

[edit] Geography

The town centre of Rododafni is located to the west, it lies next to Selianitika, the town hall of Sympoliteia is south of the old Greek National Road 8, just south of the new Greek National Road 8.

Rododafni is located in a plain area. The mountains cover the southern portion which are made up grasslands and bushes, farmlands cover the rest of the area. Its main crop are fruits and vegetables, cattle, olive, dairy and a few others. Its panorama includes the mountains to the south, the Panachaiko to the southwest and the mountains of Phokida to the north.

[edit] Population

Year Municipal population Change Percent of the municipality Density
1981 1,822 - - 314.14/km²
1991 2,736 +914 or +50.16% - 471.72/km²
2001 2,514 -222 or -8.1% 32.07% 433.45/km²

[edit] Sporting clubs

  • Anagennisi/Aias Sympoliteias - football (soccer)
  • Anagennisi - older club, now part of Anagennisi/Aias Sympoliteias

[edit] Other

Rododafni has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasia (secondary school) churches, banks, a post office, a train station with the SPAP line, and a square (plateia). Its nearest hospital is at Aigio and its nearest beach is in Akoli to the north.

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[edit] See also

Municipal districts of the municipality of Sympoliteia
Agios Konstantinos | Alsos | Verino | Dimitropoulo | Doukaneika (Ano Doukaneika) | Gkraika | Gritori (Eptapitta) | Krini Aigaleia (Mikroni) | Lakka | Longos | Mageira| Myrovryssi | Nerantzi | Rododafni | Selianitika | Toumba (Mertidi)
Greece | West Greece | Achaea | Sympoliteia
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