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Figaleia () is a mountain village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the administrative reform of 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Zacharo. The municipal unit has an area of 89.175 km2. In 2021 the population was 50 for the village and 1,250 for the municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Nea Figaleia. Figaleia is located south of Andritsaina, west of Megalopoli, north-northwest of Kalamata, northeast of Kyparissia and southeast of Pyrgos. Figaleia is located in mountainous southern Elis. The river Neda flows through the municipal u

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Figaleia
Greek Dimos.name_local
Φιγαλεία
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Figalias.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
West Greece
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Elis
Greek Dimos.municipality
Zacharo
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
1250
Greek Dimos.pop_community
50
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
89.18

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Wikidata facts

Country
Greece
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Zacharo
Dialing code
26250
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Figaleia () is a mountain village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the administrative reform of 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Zacharo. The municipal unit has an area of 89.175 km2. In 2021 the population was 50 for the village and 1,250 for the municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Nea Figaleia. Figaleia is located south of Andritsaina, west of Megalopoli, north-northwest of Kalamata, northeast of Kyparissia and southeast of Pyrgos. Figaleia is located in mountainous southern Elis. The river Neda flows through the municipal unit. The name was taken from the ancient city-state of Phigaleia, which was located near the present village.

==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

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