Skillounta 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' ...

Elis Elis also known as Ellis or Ilia (, ''Eleia'') 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 ...

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 ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 194.409 km². It is named after the ancient town

Scillus Scillus or Skillous () was a town of Triphylia, a district of ancient Elis, situated 20 stadia south of Olympia. In 572 BCE the Scilluntians assisted Pyrrhus, king of Pisa, in making war upon the Eleians; but they were completely conquere ...

, which was in the area. Its seat of administration was in the town

Krestena Krestena () is a town and a community in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is the seat of administration. Krestena is situated in the low hills betwe ...

. The territory of the municipal unit Skillounta stretches from the plains on the

Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea (, ; or , ; , ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, ...

coast to the forested mountains of southeastern Elis. The river

Alfeios The Alpheios (, , Latin Alpheus), sometimes spelled Alfeiós, is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Peloponnesus of Greece, a ...

forms its northern border. Krestena is 6 km south of Olympia, 12 km north of

Zacharo Zacharo () is a town and municipality in western Peloponnese, Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the regional unit of Elis (regional unit), Elis in West Greece. Zacharo is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Kyparissia, a part of the Ionian S ...

and 18 km southeast of Pyrgos. The

Greek National Road 9 Greek National Road 9 (, abbreviated as EO9) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the West Greece and Peloponnese regions. It runs along the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, from Patras to Methoni via Pyrgos. Its leng ...

/ E55 (

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- Pyrgos -

Kyparissia Kyparissia () is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has ...

) passes through

Kallikomo Kallikomo (Greek: Καλλίκωμο) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. It is situated 5 km from the Ionian Sea, 3 km west of Krestena, 5 km north of Kato Samiko and 16 km southeast ...

in the western part of Skillounta, and the Greek National Road 76 to Andritsaina and

Megalopoli Megalopoli () is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( literally ''large/great city''). When it was founded in 371 BCE, it was the first large urba ...

runs west to east through Krestena and

Graikas Graikas () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. It is situated on a hillside, 3 km southeast of Gryllos, 8 km southeast of Krestena and 9 km northeast of Zacharo. The Greek National Road 76 pass ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Skillounta is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Diasella (Diasella, Ladikaki, Papa Chania, Skala) *

Frixa Frixa (, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - ''Anemochorakion'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Anemochoraki. Frixa is on a hill near t ...

(Frixa, Anemochoraki) *

Gryllos Gryllos (, before 1927: Μουνδράζα - ''Moundraza'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. The community includes the small village Chani Gryllou. It is 3 km northwest of Graikas, 3 km nort ...

(Gryllos, Chani Gryllou) *

(Kallikomo, Krounoi, Ladiko) * Kalyvakia (Nea Kalyvakia) * Kato Samiko (Kato Samiko, Kleidi, Fragkokklisia) *

(Krestena, Moschoula, Poros) *

Makrisia Makrisia () is a village in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. It is situated near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 2 km northwest of Krestena, 3 km northeast of Kallikomo, 4 km southwest of Olympia and 16 k ...

* Platiana * Ploutochori (Neo Chorio) *

Raches Raches () is a village and a former municipality on the island of Ikaria, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ikaria, of which it is a municipal unit. With a population of 2,282 inhabitants ...

Samiko Samiko (, before 1923: Αλή Τσελεπή - ''Ali Tselepi'') is a village in the municipality of Skillounta, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Greece. It is situated on a hill near the Ionian Sea, 2 km south of Kallikomo, 2 km southeast of R ...

Skillountia Skillountia (, before 1915: Μάζι - ''Mazi'') is a small village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Nea Skillountia. Skillountia is located in the hills sou ...

(Skillountia, Nea Skillountia) * Trypiti (Trypiti, Lekani) * Vrina

Sites of interest

* Iardanos Tomb - near the village Kleidi, community of Kato Samiko. It was excavated in 1954 and contained 16 graves.Touristic guide of Skilloudas
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Population

References

External links

Official website of Andritsaina-Krestena municipality
{{Skillounta Populated places in Elis Andritsaina-Krestena

Subdivisions

Sites of interest

Population

See also

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