Figaleia is a village and a former municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

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 in Elis, West Greece, Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zacharo

Zacharo

Zacharo is a town and municipality in southwestern Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the Elis peripheral unit, in the Periphery of West Greece. Zacharo is situated on the Ionian Sea coast, in the area of the Gulf of Kyparissia. The town is crossed by the highway named GR-9/E55, that links...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Its 2001 population was 184 for the village and 2,499 for the municipality. The seat of the municipality was in Nea Figaleia. The name dates back to the ancient times and the city-state of Phigaleia. Figaleia is located south of Andritsaina

Andritsaina

Andritsaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit...

, west of Megalopoli, north-northwest of Kalamata

Kalamata

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, northeast of Kyparissia

Kyparissia

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 and southeast of Pyrgos

Pyrgos, Elis

Pyrgos is the capital of the Elis peripheral unit in Greece. It is named after a local tower. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain near the Ionian Sea. It is 96 km away from Patras via Greek National Road 9, 320 km from Athens, and...

. Figaleia is connected with a road linking Andritsaina

Andritsaina

Andritsaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit...

 and the GR-6

Greek National Road 6

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 (Patras

Patras

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 - Pyrgos - Kyparissia - Methoni) near Tholo.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Figaleia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Figaleia
• Kryoneri (Kryoneri, Trianta)
• Nea Figaleia (Nea Figaleia, Faskomilia)
• Perivolia
• Petralona
• Stomio

Geography

Much of the municipality are mountainous. Farmlands are in its valley areas. Forests are founded within the valley and grasslands along with barren land at higher elevations.

Information

Near the Temple of Epikurios Apollon is a nice village Perivolia or Garditsa it has population 10 (2001).

	North: Alifeira Alifeira Alifeira is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in the village of Kallithea. It is north of the...
West: Zacharo Zacharo Zacharo is a town and municipality in southwestern Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the Elis peripheral unit, in the Periphery of West Greece. Zacharo is situated on the Ionian Sea coast, in the area of the Gulf of Kyparissia. The town is crossed by the highway named GR-9/E55, that links...	Figaleia	East: Andritsaina Andritsaina Andritsaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit...
	South: Messenia Messenia Messenia is a regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided by the Kallikratis plan, implemented 1 January 2011...