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Figaleia () is a mountain village and 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' ...
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 ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
. Since the administrative reform of 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality 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 ...
. The municipal unit has an area of 89.175 km2. In 2021 the population was 50 for the village and 1,250 for the municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in
Nea Figaleia Nea Figaleia (, before 1927: Zουρτσα - ''Zourtsa'') is an historical town in Elis, that since the 2011 local government reform is a part of the municipality of Zacharo, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Peloponnese, Greece. The town was the seat o ...
. Figaleia is located south of
Andritsaina Andritsaina () is a village, a community and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. 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 a ...
, west of
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 ...
, north-northwest of
Kalamata Kalamata ( ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the Peloponnese (region), homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regiona ...
, northeast of
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 ...
and southeast of Pyrgos. Figaleia is located in mountainous southern Elis. The river Neda flows through the municipal unit. The name was taken from the ancient city-state of Phigaleia, which was located near the present village.


Subdivisions

The municipal unit Figaleia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Figaleia * Kryoneri (Kryoneri, Trianta) *
Nea Figaleia Nea Figaleia (, before 1927: Zουρτσα - ''Zourtsa'') is an historical town in Elis, that since the 2011 local government reform is a part of the municipality of Zacharo, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Peloponnese, Greece. The town was the seat o ...
(Nea Figaleia, Faskomilia) * Perivolia *
Petralona Petralona (, ) is a neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece. Athenians further subdivide the area into Ano (upper) Petralona or Kato (Lower) Petralona, where Ano Petralona is the area between the Philopappos Hill and the railway and Kato Pe ...
* Stomio


References

Populated places in Elis Zacharo {{WGreece-geo-stub