Zarouchleika

Zarouchleika

Zarouchleika or Zarouhleika (Greek, Modern: Ζαρουχλέικα), older forms: Zarouchlaiika and Zarouhlaiika and Proastion' also with an an accented is a neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Patras, 4 km direct and 5 km via road from the downtown core. Zarouchleika is linked with Antheias Street which is 2 km long and serves with Akti Dymaion and the GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia) and Chalkidos Street. The OSE's SPAP line is 1.5 km to the west and its length is approximately 3 km and it is far as 200 m from the sea.

Nearest subdivisions

*Antheia Zarouchleika
*Rodopouli Zarouchleika

treets

*Antheias Street
*Chalkidon Street
*Akti Dymaion

Geography

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 km² and 3 km in length from west to east and 2 km in width from north to south. Its total street length is approximately 30 to 40 km of which 6 to 8 km are main streets, the rest are residential.

History

The first inhabitants of the area were the families that came from Zarouchla in Kalavryta in which it received its name. The area before 1900 were olives and groves in which they farmed. In coordinance with Stefanos Thomopoulos, it was an independent commune in 1928 and changed its name Glafkos from the Glafkos river in which it flows to the south. Zarouchleika was entirely rural and had settlements and rural houses. The areas compromised with olive groves and pastures as well as fruits, vegetables and other crops including tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, onions, watermelons, melons and others. Housing developments arrived in the 1960s and the 1980s and it generated a large population growth. Houses were middle density and not as many high density eight-storey buildings. Several factories opened in the southwest and in the 1980s, Veropoulos opened in the western part and in 1995, Praktiker. Shops were added in large numbers. Traffic lights were also installed in the 1980s as well including one near Praktiker.

Panorama

Its panorama includes the Panachaiko mountains to the east, more to the south and southeast including Omplos, Varasova and Arakynthos to the west and northwest and more to the north.

porting teams

*A.P.S. Atromitos Zarouchleika
*A.O. Dafni

Other

Zarouchleika has a few schools, a lyceum (secondary school), a gymnasium (high school) and a few churches. It has also a several gas station in the east.


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