Rachi (Achaia)

Rachi or Rahi (Greek: Ράχη), rarely Rakhi, is a village located 100 m north of the present spot of GR-1/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos). Rachi is part of the municipality of Movri. The village is part of the community of Sageika. Residential buildings are within the old highway and the road to Apostoloi. Rachi is bypassed to the south with GR-1/E55, before the early-to mid-1980s, the road ran through Rachi and the road linking north to Apostoli while the south is primarily a rural road. The intersection between the mid to late 1990s in Rachi to the east formerly existed which is now eliminated. Rachi is located is located 30 km SW of Patras, about 50 km S of the Rio-Antirio Bridge, about 10 km SW of Kato Achaia, about 65 km (old: 70 km) NE of Pyrgos and about 40 km (old: 45 km) from Kyllini.

Nearest places

  • Sageika, west
  • Apostoloi, northwest
  • Gomosto, northeast
  • Kareika, east

Geography and Information

Location:

  • Longitude: 21.45 (21°27") E
  • Latitude: 38.11667 (38°7") N

Postal code: 250 05

Elevation:

  • Lowest: about 5 m
  • Centre: about 5 m
  • Highest: about 10 m

Dialing code: +11+30-26930 (030-26930)

Farmlands cover much of Rachi. Forests and groves dominate the northwest and the north along with the east and along with a stream flowing from a valley in the Movri mountains to the west.

In the 1950s, Rachi became connected with pavement at the highway, the road to Apostoloi was later paved in the 1990s.

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Rachi has a small square (plateia) and gas station once called Avin. The nearest school is in Sageika.

Historical population

Year Population
1991 about 100
2001 183

Kareika was one of the village that lost most of its inhabitants in the prefecture of Achaia.

Municipalities and communities of the Achaea Prefecture

Aigio | Aigira/Aegira | Akrata | Aroania | Diakopto | Dymi | Erinaios | Farres | Kalavryta | Larissos | Lefkasio | Messatida | Movri | Olenia | Paion | Paralia | Patras | Rio | Sympoliteia | Tritea | Vrachneika

Kalentzi | Leontio

Links

Mapquest - Rachi, street map not yet available

Coordinates: 38° 7′ 0″ N 21° 27′ 0″ E

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Rachi is also a community in the westcentral part of the prefecture of Achaia in the municipality of Tritea, see Rachi (Tritea), Greece.

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