Nearest places

• Rodini, N
  
• Panachaiko, east
  
• Patras, SW and south (and the neighborhood of Sychaina)
  
• Rio, W
  
• Platania, NW
  

Geography

Location:

Ano Kastritsi:

• Longitude: 21.829 (21°49'48') E
  
• Latitude: 38.268 (38°16'15) N
  

Kato Kastritsi:

• Longitude: 21.785 (21°47'12') E
  
• Latitude: 38.285 (38°17'6') N
  

Postal code: 265 00

Elevation:

• lowest: about 50 m
  
• Ano Kastritsi: 460 m
  
• Kato Kastritsi: 96 m
  
• highest: about 1,185 m
  

Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-2610)-99x xxx

Historical population

Year	Ano Kastritsi population	Kato Kastritsi population
1981	691	518
1991	764	380
2001	931	514

Kastritsi has two school, two churches, a lyceum, a secondary school a small port and two squares (plateies). The two communities also has a Roma population.

Ano Kastritsi lies on a slope of a mountain which elevates up to about 200 m and lies next to the creek on a local road. The University of Patras lies to the northwest.

The area aroung Kastritsi are mountainous are part of the Panachaiko mountain ranges. The mountaintops lie to the north and another to the south. The river lies to the south which is also the municipal boundary. Pine forests are situated to the east, grasslands to the west in areas lower than about 300 to 400 m. Barren lands are in higher elevations in the east with a mountaintop of about 1,100 m.

The Panachaiko can partially seen, the mountains of southeastern part of Acarnania including Nafpaktia with Nafpaktos and the southern part of Phokida is to the west and the Rio-Antirio bridge can be seen in higher elevations but not in the valleys.

Ano Kastritsi Stadium

Persons

Charikleia Kastritsi, a Greek weightlifter