Petalidi ( el, Πεταλίδι) is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a ...

, Peloponnese,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Messini Messini ( el, Μεσσήνη, before 1867: Νησί ''Nisi'') is a municipal unit (''dimotiki enotita'') and the seat town (''edra'') of the municipality (''dimos'') of Messini within the regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') of Messenia in th ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 104.970 km². Petalidi is situated on the western shore of the

Messenian Gulf The Messenian Gulf (, ''Messiniakós Kólpos'') is a sea that is part of the Ionian Sea. The gulf is circumscribed by the southern coasts of Messenia and the southwestern coast of the Mani peninsula in Laconia. Its bounds are Venetiko Islan ...

, 14 km southwest of

, 20 km southwest of

Kalamata Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regi ...

and 25 km east of Pylos. The road

Greek National Road 82 National Road 82 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 82, abbreviated as EO82) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Pylos with Sparti via Kalamata. It passes through the regional units Messenia and Laconia, on the Peloponnese penin ...

(Pylos – Kalamata) passes through the north of the municipal unit. Its population is about 1,300 inhabitants. Petalidi is a touristic place in

Messinia Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a p ...

, visited mostly in summer months. Landmarks of the village are: The central square with the Church of Agios Nikolaos, the seafront, the lighthouse, the park on the port, the fount of Liar (η βρύση του ψεύτη in Greek) and the football field beside the sea.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Petalidi is subdivided into the following communities (2011 population in brackets): * Achladochori (pop: 334) * Daras (pop: 293) *

Drosia Drosia ( el, Δροσιά, meaning "dew", before 1947: Ρωσσοχώρι - ''Rossochori'') is a suburb in Athens, Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dionysos, of which it is a municipal unit. D ...

(pop: 75) * Kalochori (pp: 133) * Karpofora (pop: 176) * Kastania (pop: 44) * Kokkino (pop: 83) *

Lykissa Lykissa is a small village on the mountain of Mount Lykodimo in Messenia, Greece. The settlement was founded during the Greek revolution by Ioannis Pantazopoulos.Πανταζόπουλος, Πέτρος, Λυκίσσα - Ένα ιστορικό χω ...

(pop: 71) * Mathia (pop: 60) * Neromylos (pop: 324) * Paniperi (pop: 380) *Petalidi (pop: 1,244)

Subdivisions

Historical population

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See also