Salmoni (
Greek:
Σαλμώνη, before 1915: Κούκουρα -
Koukoura) is a village and a community in the municipality of
Pyrgos,
Elis,
Greece. The community includes the village Alfeios. It is situated in low hills on the right bank of the river
Alfeios, at 70 m elevation. It is 2 km southwest of
Strefi, 3 km southeast of
Varvasaina and 8 km east of Pyrgos. The
Greek National Road 74 (
Tripoli -
Olympia - Pyrgos) passes north of the village. A previously independent community, Salmoni is part of Pyrgos since 1997. The current
Greek Orthodox metropolitan of
Thessaloniki, Anthimos, was born in Salmoni in 1934. The village Alfeios, 3 km west of Salmoni, has two churches,
Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros and Saint Raphael.
Population
Year |
Population village |
Population community
|
1981 |
715 |
-
|
1991 |
703 |
-
|
2001 |
801 |
840
|
2011 |
612 |
643
|
2021 |
449 |
462
|
See also
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