Foloi ( el, Φολόη,
Latin
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: ''Pholoe'') is a village and a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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
Archaia Olympia, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 174.202 km
2.
The seat of the municipality was in the village
Lalas, in the southern part of the municipal unit. The village Foloi is situated in the northwestern part. Foloi is situated in a mountainous, sparsely populated area. The
Foloi oak forest
The Folóï oak forest ( el, Δρυοδάσος Φολόης) is an oak forest in southwestern Greece. It is located in the municipal unit Foloi, Elis, in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The Folóï oak forest is situated at an alt ...
is located in the municipal unit. Foloi is located about 15 km northeast of
Olympia, 30 km east of
Pyrgos and 55 km south of
Patras. It borders on
Arcadia to the east, across the river
Erymanthus.
History
The village, formerly named Yiarmena ( el, Γιάρμενα), was renamed in 1928 after an antic name related to the
centaur Pholus.
Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, Ph670.3
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Subdivisions
The municipal unit Foloi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
* Achladini (Achladini, Koutsouroumpas)
*Doukas
The House of Doukas, Latinized as Ducas ( el, Δούκας; feminine: Doukaina/Ducaena, Δούκαινα; plural: Doukai/Ducae, Δοῦκαι), from the Latin title '' dux'' ("leader", "general", Hellenized as 'ðouks'', is the name of a Byzan ...
(Doukas, Lasdikas)
*Foloi
*Koumanis
Koumanis ( el, Κούμανης, also Κούμανι - ''Koumani'') is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Foloi, Elis, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 498 for the village and 506 for the community, which includes the sma ...
(Koumanis, Ai Giannaki, Kastania)
* Lalas (Lalas, Pothos)
* Milies
* Nemouta (Nemouta, Kampos, Tsaparaiika, Villia)
* Neraida (Neraida, Kampos)
* Persaina (Nea Persaina)
Historical population
See also
*List of settlements in Elis
This is a list of settlements in Elis, Greece.
* Achladini
* Aetorrachi
* Agios Andreas, Katakolo
* Agia Anna
* Agia Kyriaki
* Agia Mavra
* Agia Triada
* Agioi Apostoloi
* Agios Charalampos
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Ilia ...
References
External links
Birds of Mount Foloi
*http://grenier2clio.free.fr/grec/pholoe.htm (in French)
{{Archaia Olympia div
Populated places in Elis