Amaliada
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 World War II. Kourouta and Palouki are the beaches of Amaliada, about 6 km southwest of the town centre.
Population history
Year | Community | Municipal unit |
---|---|---|
1981 | 15,248 | - |
1991 | 15,232 | - |
2001 | 20,259 | 31,542 |
2011 | 18,303 | 28,520 |
2021 | 18,223 | 26,315 |
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, Agios Georgios, Pera Chavari)
- Dafni (Dafni, Kalathas)
- Dafniotissa
- Douneika (Douneika, Agia Marina, Danika, Kato Kertezaiika)
- Geraki (Geraki, Analipsi)
- Kalyvia Ilidos
- Kardamas (Kardamas, Petroules)
- Kentro
- Keramidia
- Kryonero
- Peristeri (Peristeri, Asteraiika, Palaiolanthi)
- Roviata (Roviata, Kasidiaris, Paralia, Romeika)
- Savalia
- Sosti
Sporting teams
Amaliada is the seat of Koroivos which plays in A1 Ethniki. The town also hosts the football team Asteras Amaliada F.C. with earlier presence in Gamma Ethniki.
Sport clubs based in Amaliada | |||
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Club | Founded | Sports | Achievements |
Asteras Amaliada F.C. | 1947 | Football | Earlier presence in Gamma Ethniki |
Koroivos Amaliadas | 1983 | Basketball, Volleyball | Presence in A1 Ethniki Basketball |
Notable people
- Nikos Beloyannis (1915–1952), communist and resistance leader
- Mitsos Alexandropoulos (1924–2008), writer
- Yovanna (1940- ), singer and author
- Angeliki Skarlatou (1973- ), sailor
- Rallis (1994- ), Airman
Twin towns — sister cities
Amaliada is twinned with: