Patras

Patras
Patras; Πάτρα
	View o Patras frae the fortress
	Official seal of Patras Seal
	Patras Location within the region
	Coordinates: 38°15′N 21°44′E / 38.250°N 21.733°ECoordinates: 38°15′N 21°44′E / 38.250°N 21.733°E
Kintra	Greece
Geografic region	Peloponnese
Admeenistrative region	Wastren Greece
Regional unit	Achaea
Destricts	11
Govrenment
• Mayor	Kostas Peletidis (KKE)
Area
• Metro	738.9 km2 (285.3 sq mi)
• Municipality	333.1 km2 (128.6 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	124.71 km2 (48.15 sq mi)
Highest elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2011)
• Metro	260,308
• Metro density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
• Municipality	213984
• Municipality density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	171484
• Municipal unit density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	26x xx
Aurie code(s)	261
Vehicle registration	ΑΧ,AZ
Website	www.e-patras.gr

Patras (Greek: Πάτρα, Greek pronunciation: [ˈpatra], Clessical Greek an Katharevousa: Πάτραι (pl.), Greek pronunciation: [pátrai̯], Laitin: Patrae (pl.)) is Greece's third lairgest urban aurie an the regional caipital o Wastren Greece, in northren Peloponnese, 215 km (134 mi) wast o Athens.

Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]

Patras is twinned wi:^[3]

Aleksinac, Serbie Banja Luka, Bosnie-Herzegovinae^[4] Ancona, Italy Bari, Italy Byblos, Lebanon Bydgoszcz, Poland ^[5] Canterbury, New Sooth Wales, Australie Chişinău, Moldovae	Craiova, Romanie Debrecen, Hungary ^[5] Famagusta, Cyprus ^[5] Focşani, Romanie Gjirokastër, Albanie Kharkiv, Ukraine Limassol, Cyprus ^[5]^[6]	Ohrid, Republic o Macedonie Reggio Calabria, Italy Saint-Étienne, Fraunce ^[5] Savannah, Georgie, USA ^[7] Split, Croatie Vilnius, Lithuanie Wuxi, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae ^[5]

↑ ^a ^b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
↑ Council of Europe (2011). "Intercultural city: Patras, Greece". coe.int. Retrieved 22 Mey 2011.
↑ [1] Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Градови партнери. Administrative Office of the City of Banja Luka (in Serbian). Archived frae the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Patras Municipality - Fraternize Cities". Patras Municipality. Archived frae the original on 30 Julie 2012. Retrieved 4 Juin 2011.
↑ "Limassol Twinned Cities". Limassol (Lemesos) Municipality. Archived frae the original on 1 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 29 Julie 2013.Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
↑ [2] Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine

Patras Πάτρα
View o Patras frae the fortress
Official seal of Patras Seal
Patras Location within the region
Coordinates: 38°15′N 21°44′E / 38.250°N 21.733°E / 38.250; 21.733Coordinates: 38°15′N 21°44′E / 38.250°N 21.733°E / 38.250; 21.733
Kintra	Greece
Geografic region	Peloponnese
Admeenistrative region	Wastren Greece
Regional unit	Achaea
Destricts	11
Govrenment
• Mayor	Kostas Peletidis (KKE)
Area
• Metro	738.9 km² (285.3 sq mi)
• Municipality	333.1 km² (128.6 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	124.71 km² (48.15 sq mi)
Highest elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Metro	260,308
• Metro density	350/km² (910/sq mi)
• Municipality	213984
• Municipality density	640/km² (1,700/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	171484
• Municipal unit density	1,400/km² (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	26x xx
Aurie code(s)	261
Vehicle registration	ΑΧ,AZ
Website	www.e-patras.gr