Dafnoula (, meaning little
laurel
Laurel may refer to:
Plants
* Lauraceae, the laurel family
* Laurel (plant), including a list of trees and plants known as laurel
People
* Laurel (given name), people with the given name
* Laurel (surname), people with the surname
* Laurel (mus ...
) is a community and a mountain village in
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 ...
in
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. It is part of the municipal unit
Andritsaina. It is located in the hills on the left bank of 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 ...
, about north of the town Andritsaina. The Alfeios forms the border with
Arcadia to the north and east, the nearest village across the river is
Agios Ioannis. The community Dafnoula includes the small village Chelidoni. Dafnoula has a small school, a church, and a small square.
Historical population
Persons
*
Ioannis G. Tsatsaris (born in 1934) is a
Greek author
See also
*
List of settlements in Elis
This is a list of settlements in Elis, Greece.
* Achladini
* Aetorrachi
* Agios Andreas, Katakolo
* Agia Anna
* Agia Kyriaki
* Agia Mavra
* Agia Triada
* Agioi Apostoloi
* Agios Charalampos
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agios Georgios
* Agios ...
External links
Biography of Ioannis G. Tsatsaris
References
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Populated places in Elis
Andritsaina-Krestena
Andritsaina