Falaisia
Falaisia (Greek: Φαλαισία, before 1918: Μπούρα - Boura) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 274.926 km. The seat of the municipality was in Leontari, 5 km northwest of the village Falaisia. The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the Taygetus mountains, south of Megalopoli and north of Kalamata. It borders on Laconia to the southeast, and Messenia to the southwest.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Falaisia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Akovos (Akovos, Goupata)
- Anavryto (Anavryto, Kato Anavryto)
- Anemodouri
- Dyrrachio
- Ellinitsa
- Falaisia (Falaisia, Moni Boura)
- Giannaioi (Ano Giannaioi, Kato Giannaioi)
- Graikos
- Kamara (Kamara, Kampochori)
- Leontari (Leontari, Gavria, Kalyvia, Kamaritsa, Kotsiridi)
- Leptini
- Neochori Falaisias
- Petrina (Petrina, Moni Ampelaki, Spanaiika)
- Potamia
- Routsi
- Skortsinos
- Soulari
- Tourkolekas
- Veligosti
- Voutsaras
Historical population
| Year | Community | Municipal unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 375 | - |
| 1961 | 250 | - |
| 1981 | 100 | - |
| 1991 | 126 | 3,296 |
| 2001 | 150 | 3,229 |
| 2011 | 63 | 2,077 |
| 2021 | 54 | 1,455 |
See also
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Name changes of settlements in Greece
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
