Kardamas ( el, Καρδαμάς) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of
Amaliada
Amaliada ( el, Αμαλιάδα, Katharevousa: Ἀμαλιάς, ''Amaliás'') is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it i ...
, in
Elis,
Greece
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. It is located in the plains near the
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...
, 3 km north of
Douneika
Douneika ( el, Δουναίικα, also: Δουνέικα - Dounika) is a village and a community in the southern part of the municipal unit of Amaliada in Elis, Greece. It is situated near the Ionian Sea coast, 3 km south of Kardamas, 4&nbs ...
, 3 km southwest of Amaliada and 14 km northwest of
Pyrgos. The community includes the small village Petroules. Kardamas had a train station on the line from Patras to Pyrgos.
Population
People
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Panagiotis Adraktas
Panagiotis Adraktas (Greek: Παναγιώτης Αδράκτας, born September 28, 1948) is a Greek politician. He was born in Kardamas in northwestern Elis. He is a doctor and doctorate at the Medical Faculty of the University of Athens. H ...
(b. September 28, 1948), politician
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Vangelis Baktis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...
(b. November 14, 1985), physicist
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Michael Bramos
Michalis Antonis "Mike" Bramos ( gr, Μιχάλης "Μάικ" Αντώνης Μπράμος, commonly referred to as Michael Bramos), born 27 May 1987, is a Greek-American professional basketball player and the team captain for Umana Reyer Venez ...
(b. May 27, 1987), basketball player
External links
Kardamas, from the Amaliada municipal websiteGTP - Kardamas
See also
* List of settlements in Elis
References
{{Amaliada
Populated places in Elis