Vrachnaiika (, ) is a town and a former municipality in the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 32.111 km<sup>2</sup>. It is a suburb of Patras, about 11 km southwest of the city centre, on the Gulf of Patras coast. The community has a disused rail station on the line from Patras to Pyrgos. The EO9 road (from Patras to Methoni, via Pyrgos) passes south of the centre.
Population history
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Municipal district !! Municipality
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| 1981 || 2,167 || -
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| 1991 || 2,259 || 4,274
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| 2001 || 2,828 ||5,049
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| 2011 || 2,664 ||4,627
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| 2021 || 2,908 ||4,834
|}
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Vrachnaiika is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Kaminia
- Monodendri
- Theriano
- Tsoukalaiika
- Vrachnaiika (Vrachnaiika, Dresthena, Moiraiika)
See also
- List of settlements in Achaea