Papaflessas ( el, Παπαφλέσσας, before 1915: Κοντογόνι - ''Kontogoni''
) is a village 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 ...
in
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
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 ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Pylos-Nestoras
Pylos-Nestoras ( el, Δήμος Πύλου - Νέστορος) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Pylos. The municipality has an area of 554.265 km2.
Municipality
The mun ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 42.137 km
2.
Population 1,316 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in
Vlachopoulo Vlachopoulo is the central village of the municipality of Papaflessas in the center of Messenia, Greece.
The village is located 38 km from the capital of the prefecture Kalamata
Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous ...
.
It comprises five communities (τοπική κοινότητα):
Vlachopoulo Vlachopoulo is the central village of the municipality of Papaflessas in the center of Messenia, Greece.
The village is located 38 km from the capital of the prefecture Kalamata
Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous ...
, Metamorfosi,
Maniaki, Papaflessas, and Margeli. It was named after the Greek priest and revolutionary
Papaflessas
Grigorios Dimitrios Dikaios-Flessas (; 1788 – 25 May 1825), popularly known as Papaflessas () was a Greek priest and government official who became one of the most influential figures during the Greek War of Independence. The prefix () in th ...
.
References
Populated places in Messenia
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