Messatida

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|name = Messatida

|name_local = Μεσσάτιδα

|type = municipal unit

|image_map = DE Messatidos.svg

|map_caption = Location within the regional unit

|periph = West Greece

|periphunit = Achaea

|municipality = Patras

|pop_municunit = 14366

|population_as_of = 2021

|area_municunit = 66.37

|elevation = 50

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|postal_code = 263 xx, 264 xx, 265 00

|area_code = 2610

|licence = ΑΧ

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Messatida ({{langx|el|Μεσσάτιδα}}) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The seat of the municipality was in Ovria.[https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=21292 Οβριά (Αχαΐας)], EETAA local government changes It is located south of Patras city centre, and stretches from the urbanized plains near the Gulf of Patras to the Omplos hills in the east. It has an area of 66.366 km².{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}

Messatida was named after the ancient Achaean town Mesatis, according to local legend the place where Dionysus was reared.Pausanias Description of Greece 7.18