Filiatra ( el, Φιλιατρά), is a town and a former

municipality 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 go ...

Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) 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 ...

, Peloponnese,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

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

Trifylia Trifylia ( el, Τριφυλία) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia. The municipality has an area of 616.019 km2. It was named after the ancient Triphylia regi ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 114.877 km². Filiatra is situated near the Ionian Sea coast in western Messenia. It is located 11 km northwest of

Gargalianoi Gargalianoi ( el, Γαργαλιάνοι) is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit ha ...

, 13 km southwest of

Kyparissia Kyparissia ( el, Κυπαρισσία) is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit ...

, 29 km northwest of Pylos and 49 km west of

Kalamata Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regi ...

. The

Greek National Road 9 Greek National Road 9 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 9, abbreviated as EO9) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the West Greece and Peloponnese regions. It runs along the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, from Patras to ...

( Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia - Pylos) passes through the town. Filiatra was founded around the 12th and the 13th centuries. It was built near the site of the ancient city Erana. Filiatra has several schools, churches and shops. A scaled reproduction of the

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nicknamed "' ...

stands at the entrance to the village. The local soccer club is

Erani Filiatra The Athletic and Football Council of Erani ( el, Εράνη) is a sporting club in Filiatra, Greece. It includes football (soccer), basketball and chess. Informative sources Erani was founded in 1935 and was fully recognized in 1947. Its colo ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Filiatra is subdivided into the following communities (2011 population in brackets): * Chalazoni (154) * Christianoupoli (302) * Exochiko (179) *Filiatra *

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

(17) * Plati (71) The community Filiatra consists of the following settlements, besides the Filiatra town proper: *Agia Kyriaki *Agrilos *Kountri *Lagkouvardos - a beach area located near Agia Kyriaki *Lempestena *Limenari, the access from Filiatra to the sea. It is around 2 km from the town centre *Merolithi *Stomio *Vryses

Historical population

Notable people

*The Liberopoulos brothers: **

Nikos Liberopoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Liberopoulos ( el, Νίκος Λυμπερόπουλος; born on 4 August 1975) is a retired Greek former professional international footballer who played as a forward. He is famous for his aim-to-goal shot, his innate in-pla ...

, soccer player ** Sotiris Liberopoulos, soccer player * Nikolaos Frousos, soccer player * Pavlos Dionysopoulos, artist * Theodoros Marangos, Film Director

References

External links

Municipal website

Municipality of Filiatra Internet Portal

Filiatra Forum

Filiatra''Pirsos''Fykia Lyceum/Middle School

Erani Sporting Club
{{authority control Populated places in Messenia Eiffel Tower reproductions

Subdivisions

Historical population

Notable people

See also

References

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