Skillounta is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in
Elis
Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...
,
West Greece
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 194.409 km
2.
It is named after the ancient town
Scillus, which was in the area. Its seat of administration was in the town
Krestena. The territory of the municipal unit Skillounta stretches from the plains on 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 ...
coast to the forested mountains of southeastern Elis. The river
Alfeios
The Alfeiós or Alpheios ( el, Αλφειός, grc, Ἀλφειός, Latin Alpheus) is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Pelop ...
forms its northern border. Krestena is 6 km south of
Olympia, 12 km north of
Zacharo and 18 km southeast of
Pyrgos. The
Greek National Road 9/
E55 (
Patras - Pyrgos -
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. ...
) passes through
Kallikomo in the western part of Skillounta, and the
Greek National Road 76 to
Andritsaina and
Megalopoli runs west to east through Krestena and
Graikas.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Skillounta is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*
Diasella (Diasella, Ladikaki, Papa Chania, Skala)
*
Frixa (Frixa, Anemochoraki)
*
Graikas
*
Gryllos
Gryllos ( el, Γρύλλος, before 1927: Μουνδράζα - ''Moundraza'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 208 for the village and 300 for the community, which includes ...
(Gryllos, Chani Gryllou)
*
Kallikomo (Kallikomo, Krounoi, Ladiko)
*
Kalyvakia (Nea Kalyvakia)
*
Kato Samiko (Kato Samiko, Kleidi, Fragkokklisia)
*
Krestena (Krestena, Moschoula, Poros)
*
Makrisia
*
Platiana
*
Ploutochori (Neo Chorio)
*
Raches
*
Samiko
*
Skillountia (Skillountia, Nea Skillountia)
*
Trypiti (Trypiti, Lekani)
*
Vrina
Sites of interest
*
Iardanos Tomb
Iardanos ( el, Ιάρδανος) is a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pyrgos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 62.723&nb ...
- near the village Kleidi, community of
Kato Samiko. It was excavated in 1954 and contained 16 graves.
Website
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Population
See also
* List of settlements in Elis
References
External links
Official website of Andritsaina-Krestena municipality
{{Skillounta
Populated places in Elis