Kareika is a village in the municipal unit of Movri

Movri (municipality)

Movri is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 5,106 . It is named after the mountain range Movri...

, Achaea

Achaea

Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. It is located north of the Movri

Movri

Movri , is a mountain range that is in the municipalities of Movri, Dymi to the northeast, Oleni in the western part of Achaea and the western part was partly in the prefecture of Elis with the municipality of Vouprasia until the 1970s. It is located about 30 km SW of Patras, W of...

 mountains, about 1.5 km S of Gomosto and about 2 km SE of Rachi. Kareika is connected with the road linking to Riolos

Riolos

Riolos , is a village in Achaea, Greece. Riolos is connected with a main road linking Kareika and Spata which one part of the road is narrowed with one lane and are surrounded by buildings. Riolos is between the plain to the northwest and the Movri mountain to the southeast. GR-9/E55 is accessed...

 and Spata and is connected with GR-9

Greek National Road 9

Greek National Road 9 is the second-longest national highway of Greece. It runs through the western Peloponnese, from Patras to Pylos. Its length is around .This highway travels near:*Bypasses:*Patras and Area, since 2002*Vrachneika*Alissos*Kato Achaia...

/E55

European route E55

European route E 55 is a E-route. It passes through the following cities:Helsingborg … Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser … Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Teplice – Prague – Tábor – Linz – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova – Mestre...

 (Patras - Pyrgos) 1 km to the north. Riolos is between the plain to the northwest and the Movri mountain to the southeast. Neo Vouprasio is located 40 km SW of Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

, about 60 km S of the Rio-Antirio Bridge

Rio-Antirio bridge

The Rion-Antirion bridge , officially the Charilaos Trikoupis bridge after the statesman who first envisaged it, is the world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge...

, about 3 km SW of Lappa, about 55 km (old: 60 km) NE of Pyrgos and about 30 km (old: 3540 km) from Kyllini.

Nearest places

• Krinos, south
• Peta, southwest
• Rachi, northwest
• Gomosto, northeast

Geography

Mixed farming along with pastures cover the area around Kareika to the southwest and the northeast. The forests are to the central part, the north and parts in the east and are mixed. More forests and grasslands lie south in the Movri ranges. The transformer line linking Megalopoli as well as Patras and Pyrgos lie about 1 km south which existed since the mid to late 20th century. The panorama includes the mountains of Panachaiko

Panachaiko

The Panachaikon or Panachaiko , also known as Vodias in medieval times and until the early 20th century, is a mountain range that spans about 20 km in length from north to south , and 15 to 20 km from east to west...

, Erymanthos and the Mavros Oros mountains, the mountains of Aetoloacarnania can rarely be seen. The village length is about 1 km with residential areas stretching from the highway to near the mountain.

In the 1950s, Kareika became connected with pavement at the highway, the road was later paved several years later to Riolos.

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	829
1991	225
2001	237