Amaliada ( el, Αμαλιάδα,

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: Ἀμαλιάς, ''Amaliás'') is a town and a former

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in northwestern

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 w ...

West Greece Western Greece Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας, translit=Periféria Dhitikís Elládhas, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of continental Greece and the north ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 251.945 km². In 2011, the municipal unit had 28,520 inhabitants, of whom 16,763 lived in the town of Amaliada. It is near the archaeological site of

, the

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whose territory was the site of the ancient

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. It is situated in the plains of Elis, 6 km from the

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. It is 10 km southeast of

Gastouni Gastouni ( el, Γαστούνη) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has ...

, 16 km northwest of Pyrgos and 60 km southwest of

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. Amaliada was named after

Queen Amalia of Greece Amalia of Oldenburg (; 21 December 181820 May 1875) was a Bavarian princess who became Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the wife of King Otto Friedrich Ludwig. She was loved widely by the Greeks due to her patriotic love for the countr ...

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

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Amaliada is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *

Agios Dimitrios Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Dimitrios, before 1928: Μπραχάμι - ''Brahami'') is a suburb in the southern part of the Athens, Greece. Geography Agios Dimitrios is situated 5 km south of Athens c ...

(Agios Dimitrios, Kolokythas) * Agios Ilias *Amaliada (Amaliada, Agios Ioannis, Kourouta, Marathea, Palouki, Panagia, Tsafleika, Tsichleika) * Ampelokampos * Archaia Ilida *

Avgeio Avgeio (Greek: Αυγείο, before 1955: Μπουχιώτη - ''Bouchioti'') is a village in the northern part of the municipal unit of Amaliada, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a plain near the ancient city of Elis, 1 km southwest of Kalyv ...

* Chavari (Chavari, Agios Georgios, Pera Chavari) * Dafni (Dafni, Kalathas) * Dafniotissa * Douneika (Douneika, Agia Marina, Danika, Kato Kertezaiika) * Geraki (Geraki, Analipsi) *

Kalyvia Ilidos Kalyvia Ilidos ( el, Καλύβια Ήλιδος) is a village in the northern part of the municipal unit of Amaliada, Elis, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situ ...

* Kardamas (Kardamas, Petroules) * Kentro * Keramidia * Kryonero *

Peristeri Peristeri (Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece by ...

(Peristeri, Asteraiika, Palaiolanthi) * Roviata (Roviata, Kasidiaris, Paralia, Romeika) * Savalia * Sosti

Sporting teams

Amaliada is the seat of

Koroivos Koroivos ( el, Κόροιβος, before 1955: Κελεβή - ''Kelevi'') is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, south of the river Pineios. It is 2 km southeast of Lefkochori, 2 ...

which plays in

A1 Ethniki The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

. The town also hosts the football team Asteras Amaliada F.C. with earlier presence in Gamma Ethniki.

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: * Edremit,

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since 2000 Sister/Twin Cities of Balıkesir Province
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References

External links

GTP - Municipality of AmaliadaGTP - Amaliada
{{Amaliada Populated places in Elis