Aetos ( meaning "

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") is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (''nomos' ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 94.850 km². In 2021 its population was 249 for the village and 1,540 for the municipal unit. The seat of the former municipality was in Kopanaki.

Subdivisions

The

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the gov ...

unit Aetos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Aetos * Agrilia Trifylia (Nea Agrilia) * Artiki *

Glykorrizi Glykorrizi (, before 1927: Μουρτάτο - ''Mourtato'') is a small village situated in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. It is located in the north-western part of Messenia, and is part of the municipal unit of Aetos. The population of the co ...

* Kamari * Kefalovrysi (Kefalovrysi, Tsertsaiika) * Kryoneri * Kopanaki (Kopanaki, Agios Dimitrios, Rizochori) * Monastiri * Polythea * Sitochori

References

External links

Statistics of Aetos from the Messenia's official website
Populated places in Messenia Trifylia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub