Lygia ( el, Λυγιά) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of
Vartholomio,
Elis,
Greece. Its population in 2011 was 286 for the village and 787 for the community, which includes the villages Arkoudi, Glyfa, Ioniki and Paralia. Lygia is situated in the low hills of the southern part of the Kyllini peninsula, 3 km from 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 ...
. It is 4 km southeast of
Kastro, 4 km east of
Loutra Kyllinis
Kastro-Kyllini ( el, Κάστρο-Κυλλήνη) is a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...
and 4 km west of Vartholomio.
Arkoudi is the westernmost village of the community, 4 km southwest of Lygia, on the coast near Loutra Kyllinis. Its population was 77 in 2001. Glyfa is 2 km southwest of Lygia, and had 249 inhabitants in 2001. Paralia is 3 km south of Lygia, on the coast. It had 96 inhabitants. The village Ioniko is adjacent to the east of Paralia, and has no permanent residents.
Population
Train station
The village had a train station on the
Vartholomio-Loutra Kyllinis Line, operated by the
Hellenic State Railways. It was located at km 6.156 from
Vartholomio. The station was opened on June 1, 1892 and closed in 1969 along with the railway line.
See also
*
List of settlements in Elis
External links
Lygia at the GTP Travel Pages
References
{{Vartholomio
Vartholomio
Populated places in Elis