Falaisia ( el, Φαλαισία, before 1918: Μπούρα - ''Boura''Name changes of settlements in Greece
/ref>) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern

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Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Megalopoli Megalopoli ( el, Μεγαλόπολη) is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( grc, Μεγαλόπολις, literally ''la ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 274.926 km². The seat of the municipality was in Leontari, 5 km northwest of the village Falaisia. The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the

Taygetus The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus ( el, Ταΰγετος, Taygetos) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet ...

mountains, south of

and north of

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. It borders on

Laconia Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, c ...

to the southeast, and

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to the southwest.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Falaisia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

s in brackets): *

Akovos Akovos ( el, Άκοβος) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Falaisia, southwestern Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the foothills of the Taygetus mountains. Its nearest villages are Dyrrachio and Leptini. It is wes ...

(Akovos, Goupata) *

Anavryto Anavryto ( el, Αναβρυτό, before 1927: Γαρδίκι - ''Gardiki'') is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit Falaisia, Arcadia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Anavryto and Kato Anavryto, 1 km south of Anav ...

(Anavryto, Kato Anavryto) *

Anemodouri Anemodouri (Greek: Ανεμοδούρι) is a village in the municipal unit Falaisia, southwestern Arcadia, Greece. It is located on the northwestern slopes of mount Tsemperou. It is 3 km northwest of Anavryto, 3 km southeast of Rapsomm ...

Dyrrachio Dyrrachio ( el, Δυρράχιο) is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Falaisia, southwestern Arcadia, Greece. Dyrrachio had a population of 299 in 2001. It is considered a traditional settlement and is situated at an altitude of in th ...

Ellinitsa Ellinitsa ( el, Ελληνίτσα) is a village in the municipal unit of Falaisia, in Arcadia, Greece. It is located on a hillside, 2 km west of Potamia, 3 km southwest of Leontari, 4 km southeast of Paradeisia and 11 km south of Megalopo ...

*Falaisia (Falaisia, Moni Boura) *

Giannaioi Giannaioi ( el, Γιανναίοι) is a community of the municipal unit of Falaisia in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It consists of the two mountain villages Ano Giannaioi (population 35 in 2011) and Kato Giannaioi (population 47 in 2011). Ano G ...

(Ano Giannaioi, Kato Giannaioi) *

Graikos Graikos ( el, Γραικός) is a village in the municipal unit of Falaisia, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a hillside, 2 km northwest of Skortsinos, 3 km south of Anavryto, 3 km southeast of Voutsaras, and 13 km southeast of Megalopoli. ...

* Kamara (Kamara, Kampochori) * Leontari (Leontari, Gavria, Kalyvia, Kamaritsa, Kotsiridi) *

Leptini Leptini ( el, Λεπτίνι) is a mountain village in the municipal unit Falaisia, southwestern Arcadia, Greece. In 2011 Leptini had a population of 43. Leptini is 1 km east of Akovos, 2 km west of Dyrrachio and 24 km south of Megalopoli. Leptin ...

Neochori Falaisias Neochori Falaisias ( el, Νεοχώρι Φαλαισίας) is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Falaisia, Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the northern part of the Taygetus mountains, at about 1200 m elevation ...

* Petrina (Petrina, Moni Ampelaki, Spanaiika) * Potamia * Routsi *

Skortsinos Skortsinos ( el, Σκορτσινός) is a village in the municipal unit Falaisia, Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece, Greek. It is situated on a hillside south of the mountain Tsemperou, close to the border with Laconia. It is 5 km southeas ...

* Soulari *

Tourkolekas Tourkoleka ( el, Τουρκολέκα) is a settlement in the municipal unit of Falaisia, southwest Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the mountains near the border with Messenia, at about 800 m elevation. It is 5 km west of Kamara, 6 km northeas ...

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