Salmoni ( el, Σαλμώνη, before 1915: Κούκουρα - ''Koukoura'') is a village and a community in the municipality of
Pyrgos,
Elis,
Greece. According to the 2011 census, the village had 612 inhabitants and the community, including the village Alfeios, 643. It is situated in low hills on the right bank of the river
Alfeios, at 70 m elevation. It is 2 km southwest of
Strefi, 3 km southeast of
Varvasaina and 8 km east of Pyrgos. The
Greek National Road 74 (
Tripoli -
Olympia
The name Olympia may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film
* ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
* ''Olympia'' (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlet ...
- Pyrgos) passes north of the village. A previously independent community, Salmoni is part of Pyrgos since 1997. The current
Greek Orthodox metropolitan
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
of
Thessaloniki, Anthimos, was born in Salmoni in 1934.
Metropolis of Thessaloniki
The village Alfeios, 3 km west of Salmoni, has two churches, ''Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros'' and Saint Raphael.
Population
See also
* List of settlements in Elis
References
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Pyrgos, Elis
Populated places in Elis