Falaisia
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Falaisia
|name_local = Φαλαισία
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Falesias.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|periph = Peloponnese
|periphunit = Arcadia
|municipality = Megalopolis
|pop_community = 54
|population_as_of = 2021
|pop_municunit = 1455
|area_municunit = 274.9
|elevation = 758
|coordinates = {{coord|37|17|N|22|10|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 220 21
|area_code = 27910
|licence = TP
|website = [http://www.falaisia.gr www.falaisia.gr]
|image_skyline =
|caption_skyline =
|city_flag =
|city_seal =
|districts =
|elevation_min = 350
|elevation_max = 1522
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Falaisia ({{langx|el|Φαλαισία}}, before 1918: Μπούρα - Boura[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169995 Name changes of settlements in Greece]) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, 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 municipal unit has an area of 274.926 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=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }} The seat of the municipality was in Leontari, 5 km northwest of the village Falaisia. The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the Taygetus mountains, south of Megalopoli and north of Kalamata. It borders on Laconia to the southeast, and Messenia to the southwest.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Falaisia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Akovos (Akovos, Goupata)
- Anavryto (Anavryto, Kato Anavryto)
- Anemodouri
- Dyrrachio
- Ellinitsa
- Falaisia (Falaisia, Moni Boura)
- Giannaioi (Ano Giannaioi, Kato Giannaioi)
- Graikos
- Kamara (Kamara, Kampochori)
- Leontari (Leontari, Gavria, Kalyvia, Kamaritsa, Kotsiridi)
- Leptini
- Neochori Falaisias
- Petrina (Petrina, Moni Ampelaki, Spanaiika)
- Potamia
- Routsi
- Skortsinos
- Soulari
- Tourkolekas
- Veligosti
- Voutsaras
Historical population
class="wikitable" | ||
Year | Community | Municipal unit |
---|---|---|
1920 | 375 | - |
1961 | 250 | - |
1981 | 100 | - |
1991 | 126 | 3,296 |
2001 | 150 | 3,229 |
2011 | 63 | 2,077 |
2021 | 54 | 1,455 |
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050424000833/http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/falesia.htm Arcadia - Falaisia]
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Falaisia
|North = Megalopoli
|Northeast = Valtetsi
|East =
|Southeast = Pellana
|West =
|Northwest = Megalopoli
}}
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