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Monodendri (Greek: Μόνοδενδρι, before the abandonment of Katharevousa, -ion, older form Monodendrion, is a community that is located 10 km south and a suburb of Patras, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Vrachneika. The neighboring communities are Roitika to the north, Vrachneika in the east bounded by an OSE/SPAP railway, and Vrachnaiika to the south. Its length from north to south is nearly 2 km and its furthest width is no more than 300m and the size is small. Its main street is that it also runs by the seashore filled with beaches with panorama of western Achaia and Aetoloacarnania from the Gulf of Patras and runs down to the hills. The community has a train station. Its population is around 1,500. Much of the housing were built between the 1970s and the 1990s because it used to be a village. The remaining farmlands lie to the south and forests are lined with the railway. Most of the community is residential. It is accessed by the old GR-9 in both sides. It is Vrachneika's closest beach. It also has restaurants and some forests in the east within the railway.
Geography Location:
Postal code: 250 02 Elevation: sea level to 5 m Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-2610)
Historical population
Monodendri has a school, a church, a post office and a square (plateia). The village also has a spring in the area.
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