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Q216307
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Pyrgos, known in Greek as Πύργος, is a city in Greece located within the Pyrgos Municipality and the West Greece region. It serves as the capital of both the Elis Regional Unit and the Pyrgos Municipality. The city shares a border with Amaliada and has an area of 170.9 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 33 meters, with a population of 29,427.
The local dialing code for Pyrgos is 2621, and it uses postal codes 27131 and 27150. The city’s patron saint is Charalambos, and it is twinned with Budaörs. Pyrgos is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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- Locality
- Πύργος
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 22,399
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Greece
- Geographic region
- Peloponnese
- Administrative region
- West Greece
- Regional unit
- Elis
- Mayor
- Efstathios Kannis (since 2023)
- Municipality
- 456.6 km (176.3 sq mi)
- Municipal unit
- 170.9 km (66.0 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Density
- 99.35/km (257.3/sq mi)
- Municipal unit density
- 205.2/km (531.4/sq mi)
- Community
- 26,052
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( EEST )
- Postal code
- 271 xx
- Vehicle registration
- HA
- Website
- cityofpyrgos .gr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 17906
- Area
- 170.9
- Elevation
- 33
- Shares border with
- Amaliada
- Official website
- www.cityofpyrgos.gr
- Image
- Pyrgos rathaus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2621
- Patron saint
- Charalambos
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- Commons category
- Pyrgos
- postal code
- 27150
- topic's main category
- Category:Pyrgos, Elis
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pyrgos, Elis
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- twinned administrative body
- Budaörs
- P12749
- positron
- native label
- Πύργος
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Encyclopedic overview
Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος, romanized: Pýrgos, lit. 'tower') is a city in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece, the capital of the regional unit of Elis and the seat of the Municipality of Pyrgos. The city is located in the middle of a plain, 4 kilometres (2 miles) from the Ionian Sea. The river Alfeios flows into sea about 7 km (4 mi) south of Pyrgos. The population of the town Pyrgos is 26,052, and of the municipality 45,365 (2021). Pyrgos is 16 km (10 mi) west of Olympia, 16 km (10 mi) southeast of Amaliada, 70 km (43 mi) southwest of Patras and 85 km (53 mi) west of Tripoli.
Historical population
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