Pineia
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 Pineia (Πηνεία) |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′ N 21°34′ E |
| Country | Greece |
| Periphery | West Greece |
| Prefecture | Elis |
| Province | Elis |
| Population | 5,660 source (2001) |
| Elevation | 15 m |
| Postal code | 270 69 |
| Area code | 26220 |
| Licence plate code | ΗΑ |
Pineia (Greek: Πηνεία) is a municipality in the Elis Prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administration is in the village Simopoulo (Greek: Σιμόπουλο). Simopoulo is located about 5 km west of GR-33 and south of the Pineios River valley. Distance from Patras is about 45 km S, about 48 km W of Lampeia and W of Tripoli, about 25 km NE of Pyrgos and approximately 20 km ENE of Amaliada.
[edit] Nearest places
- Kampos (northwest)
[edit] Subdivisions
- Agios Nikolaos
[edit] Communes of Pineia
Most of the communes are in the north, west and the south.
- Agnanta
- Ampelakia
- Agrapidochori
- Valmi
- Kotrona
- Anthona
- Kalo Paidi (Greek for good child)
- Avgi
- Oraia
- Efyra
- Piri
- Kampos
- Lagana
- Lata
- Roupakia
- Souli
- Louka
- Prinari
- Mazaraki
- Apidoula, Apidula
- Prodromos
- Oinoi
- Rodia
- Simopoulo
- Skliva
- Velanido
- Vouliagmeni
- Gavrakia
[edit] Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change |
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| 1981 | 495 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 480 | -15/-3.03% | 5,221 | - |
| 2001 | 527 | 47/9.79% | 5,660 | 439/8.41% |
The community has a small school, a church, and a square(plateia).
Farmlands are located to its north and west while forests and pine trees dominate the west, the south and east with a few groves in the northwest and east. Hills dominate the northwest and mountains dominate the west, northwest and south. It is located south of mount Skollis.
Pine forests dominate the northeastern and the eastern part of the municipality.
[edit] External links
- Simopoulo, Pineia
- Mapquest - Simopoulo - map data not yet available
- GTP - Simopoulo
- GTP - Municipality of Pineia
- Indexmundi - Simopoulo
- Maps and aerial photos:
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- Street map from: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint, Google or Yahoo! Maps
- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
| North: Oleni, Stavrodromi | ||
| West: Amaliada | Ampelakia Salaminas | East: Lasiona |
| South: Oleni |
[edit] See also
| Municipalities of the Elis Prefecture |
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| Alifeira • Amaliada • Andravida • Andritsaina • Ancient Olympia • Figaleia • Foloi • Gastouni • Iardanos • Kastro-Kyllini • Lampeia • Lasiona • Lechaina • Oleni • Pineia • Pyrgos • Skillounta • Tragano • Vartholomio • Volakas • Vouprasia • Zacharo |
