Lasiona (Greek: Λασιώνα) 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,
West Greece
Western Greece Region (, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of Central Greece (geographic region), continental Greece and the northwestern part of the Peloponnese pen ...
,
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 119.528 km
2.
Its seat of administration was the village
Antroni. Lasiona is situated in a mountainous area on the border with
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...
, 20 km north of Olympia, 27 km northeast of
Pyrgos and 50 km south of
Patras. The
Greek National Road 33 (Patras -
Tripoli) passes through the municipal unit.
Historical population
See also
*
List of settlements in Elis
References
External links
{{Lasiona
Olympia, Greece