Aetos ( el, Αετός meaning "

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") is a village and a former

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

Trifylia Trifylia ( el, Τριφυλία) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Gre ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 94.850 km². In 2011 its population was 360 for the village and 1,915 for the municipal unit. The seat of the former municipality was in Kopanaki.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aetos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Aetos * Agrilia Trifylia (Nea Agrilia) * Artiki *

Glykorrizi Glykorrizi ( el, Γλυκορρίζι, before 1927: Μουρτάτο - ''Mourtato'') is a small village situated in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. It is located in the north-western part of Messenia, and is part of the municipal unit of Aetos. T ...

Kamari Kamari ( el, Καμάρι) is a coastal village on the southeastern part of the Aegean island of Santorini, Greece, in the Cyclades archipelago with a population of approx. 1800 according to the 2001 census. It is part of the Municipality of T ...

* Kefalovrysi (Kefalovrysi, Tsertsaiika) * Kryoneri * Kopanaki (Kopanaki, Agios Dimitrios, Rizochori) *

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* Polythea * Sitochori

References

External links

Statistics of Aetos from the Messenia's/Messinia's official website
Populated places in Messenia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub