Foloi

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|name = Foloi

|name_local = Φολόη

|type = municipal unit

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|map_caption = Location within the regional unit

|periph = West Greece

|periphunit = Elis

|municipality = Archaia Olympia

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|pop_community = 156

|population_as_of = 2021

|area_municunit = 174.2

|elevation = 640

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|postal_code = 270 66

|area_code = 26240

|licence = ΗΑ

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Foloi ({{langx|el|Φολόη}}, Latin: Pholoe) is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archaia Olympia, 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 174.202 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 the village Lalas, in the southern part of the municipal unit. The village Foloi is situated in the northwestern part. Foloi is situated in a mountainous, sparsely populated area. The Foloi oak forest is located in the municipal unit. Foloi is located about 15 km northeast of Olympia, 30 km east of Pyrgos and 55 km south of Patras. It borders on Arcadia to the east, across the river Erymanthus.

History

The village, formerly named Giarmena ({{langx|el|Γιάρμενα}}), was renamed in 1928[https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=11849 Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Διοικητικές μεταβολές Φολόης Ηλείας] after an ancient name related to the centaur Pholus.[https://topostext.org/work/241#Ph670.3 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, Ph670.3]

Subdivisions

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

Historical population

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! Year !! Community Foloi !! Municipal unit Foloi

1981308-
19912533,826
20013334,870
20112082,969
20211562,293

See also

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