Daphnoula
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Daphnoula or Dafnoula (Greek: Δαφνούλα, meaning little laurel from dafni and -oula) is a mountain village in the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. It is located about 55 km E of Krestena and GR-9/E55, SE of Olympia, about 8 to 10 km N of Andritsaina, about 40 km S of Tropaia and about 55 km NW of Megalopoli. It is linked with a road to Andritsaina. There are no bridges over the Alpheus, the nearest bridge is the road linking Kallithea and Tropaia to the west and GR-76 to the southeast. The prefecture of Arcadia is to the north and east.
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[edit] Subdivision
- Chelidoni (pop: 19)
[edit] Nearest places
- Andritsaina, S
- Matesi, SW
[edit] Geography
- Location:
- Longitude: 21.96 (21°51'54') E
- Latitude: 37.788 (37°35'18') N
- Postal code: 270 62
- Elevation: 178 m
- Dialing code: +11+30-26260 (030-26260)
[edit] Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 236 | - |
| 1991 | 230 | -6/-2.54% |
| 2001 | 306 (community), 287 (village) | 67/29.13% |
Dafnoula has a small school, a church, and a small square (plateia).
Dafnoula sits on a mountain slope. The mountains surround the village with mainly grasslands and some rocky landscapes with a few forests. The Alfeios River is to the north and northeast and is located less than 1 km.
On July 11, 1997, a forest fire consumed most of the forests in southeastern Ilia burning a few km² of forests. It happened between Matesi and Dafnoula. The fire occurred for about 3 hours and began at 08:00 (UTC)/11:00 (EET),
[edit] Persons
- Ioannis G. Tsatsaris (born in 1934) is a Greek author
