Amaliada ( el, Αμαλιάδα,

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: Ἀμαλιάς, ''Amaliás'') is a town and a former

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in northwestern

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 ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 251.945 km². In 2011, the municipal unit had 28,520 inhabitants, of whom 16,763 lived in the town of Amaliada. It is near the archaeological site of

, the

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whose territory was the site of the ancient

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. It is situated in the plains of Elis, 6 km from the Ionian Sea. It is 10 km southeast of

Gastouni Gastouni ( el, Γαστούνη) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has ...

, 16 km northwest of Pyrgos and 60 km southwest of Patras. Amaliada was named after Queen Amalia of Greece in the 1830s, and formed by merging two communes, Kalitsa and Dervitselepi. It features a city square with pine trees and a fountain. Most of the streets are in grid order running almost due north, south, east, and west. On the east side, Amaliada has a public sports stadium (mainly used for soccer). The hospital and the monastery of Frangavilla are in the southeast. Amaliada has a train station on the line from Patras to Pyrgos. A street in Amaliada's west side is named Hiroshima in memory of the victims of the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima at the end of

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. Kourouta and Palouki are the beaches of Amaliada, about 6 km southwest of the town centre.

Population history

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Amaliada is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agios Dimitrios (Agios Dimitrios, Kolokythas) * Agios Ilias *Amaliada (Amaliada, Agios Ioannis, Kourouta, Marathea, Palouki, Panagia, Tsafleika, Tsichleika) * Ampelokampos * Archaia Ilida * Avgeio *

Chavari Chavari ( el, Χαβάρι) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Amaliada, Elis, Greece. The community consists of the villages Chavari, Pera Chavari and Agios Georgios. Chavari is 6 km northeast of Amaliada. Person *Christos Las ...

(Chavari, Agios Georgios, Pera Chavari) * Dafni (Dafni, Kalathas) *

Dafniotissa Dafniotissa ( el, Δαφνιώτισσα), is a village in the eastern part of the municipal unit of Amaliada, Elis, Greece. It is situated in the hills southwest of the Pineios reservoir. It is 1 km south of Keramidia, 3 km southeast ...

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 ...

(Douneika, Agia Marina, Danika, Kato Kertezaiika) * Geraki (Geraki, Analipsi) * Kalyvia Ilidos *

Kardamas Kardamas ( el, Καρδαμάς) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Amaliada, in Elis, Greece. It is located in the plains near the Ionian Sea, 3 km north of Douneika, 3 km southwest of Amaliada and 14 km northw ...

(Kardamas, Petroules) * Kentro *

Keramidia Keramidia ( el, Κεραμιδιά), is a village in the northeastern part of the municipal unit of Amaliada, Elis, Greece. It is located in a rural area near the southwestern corner of the Pineios reservoir, 1 km north of Dafniotissa, 3&nb ...

* Kryonero *

Peristeri Peristeri (Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece by ...

(Peristeri, Asteraiika, Palaiolanthi) *

Roviata Roviata ( el, Ροβιάτα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Amaliada in the northwestern part of Elis, Greece. It is located in the plains near the Ionian Sea, 1 km southeast of Savalia, 6 km northwest of Kardamas, ...

(Roviata, Kasidiaris, Paralia, Romeika) *

Savalia Savalia (Greek: Σαβάλια) is a village in the municipal unit of Amaliada, Elis, southern Greece. It is in the plains near the Ionian Sea, northwest of Roviata, southwest of Ampelokampos, east of Palaiochori, southeast of Gastouni, an ...

* Sosti

Sporting teams

Amaliada is the seat of

Koroivos Koroivos ( el, Κόροιβος, before 1955: Κελεβή - ''Kelevi'') is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, south of the river Pineios. It is 2 km southeast of Lefkochori, 2 ...

which plays in A1 Ethniki. The town also hosts the football team Asteras Amaliada F.C. with earlier presence in Gamma Ethniki.

Notable people

Nikos Beloyannis Nikos Beloyannis ( el, Νίκος Μπελογιάννης; 1915 – 30 March 1952) was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party. Biography Beloyannis was born in Amaliada ( Peloponnese, Greece) in 1915. He c ...

(1915–1952), communist and resistance leader * Mitsos Alexandropoulos (1924-2008), writer *

Yovanna Ioanna Fassou Kalpaxi (Greek: Ιωάννα Φάσσου Καλπαξή; born 14 November 1938), known professionally as Yovanna, is a Greek singer, novelist and poet known for her participation in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest representing Sw ...

(1940- ), singer and author * Angeliki Skarlatou (1973- ), sailor *

Rallis The surname Rallis, Ralli or Ralles refers to descendants or claimed descendants of the Frankish-Byzantine noble Raoul/Ralles family: From the Athenian branch *Dimitrios Rallis (1844–1921), Prime Minister of Greece 1897 *Georgios Rallis (1918� ...

(1994- ), Airman

Twin towns — sister cities

Amaliada is twinned with: * Edremit,

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since 2000 Sister/Twin Cities of Balıkesir Province
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References

External links

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{{Amaliada Populated places in Elis