Arfara ( el, Αρφαρά) is a village and a former

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

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 ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 87.615 km². Population 2,648 (2011). The village of Arfara lies about 15 km from Kalamata. Its name is taken from the first people who lived in Upper Arfara, the Arfaras, some of whom still live in Simi and Rodos. It was the seat of the former Arfara municipality. Arfara has 4 small areas called Servia, Lafazaneika, Skomara and Karagiorgaika.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Arfara is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agios Floros (Agios Floros, Christofilaiika) * Agrilos *Arfara (Arfara, Agios Konstantinos, Ano Arfara) * Pidima * Platy * Stamatinou (Stamatinou, Pelekito) * Velanidia * Vromovrisi (Vromovrisi, Ano Vromovrisi, Dremi, Krasopoula)

References

External links

Ministry of Internal Affairs, municipalities of Capodistrias plan
Populated places in Messenia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub