Oleni () is a village and a former

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pyrgos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 152.231 km². The seat of the municipality was in Karatoula. The municipal unit was named after the ruined medieval town Olena, which also gave its name to the Bishopric of Olena. It consists of a wide valley around Karatoula and

Magoula Magoula () is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. It is an aristocratic area a ...

, and the hills west and east of the valley. It is located about 10 km northeast of Pyrgos, 13 km northwest of Olympia and 20 km southeast of

Amaliada Amaliada (, Katharevousa: Ἀμαλιάς, ''Amaliás'') is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is the seat and a mu ...

. The largest community is Goumero. The ancient town Amphidolis was located near present Karatoula.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Oleni is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agia Anna * Arvaniti * Charia * Cheimadio * Goumero * Karatoula (Karatoula, Kleidereika, Marmara) * Karya (Karya, Varvarina, Sitochori) *

Klindia Klindia () is a small remote village hidden in the mountains, in the municipal unit of Oleni, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Greece. It lies 2 km northeast of Pefki, Elis, Pefki, 4 km west of Foloi, 4 km east of Agia Anna, Elis, Agia Anna and 45 km no ...

* Koutsochera * Lanthi (Lanthi, Moni Kremastis) * Latzoi (Latzoi, Agios Georgios, Almyriki, Grammatikos) *

(Magoula, Katsomaliareika) *

Mouzaki Mouzaki () is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Mouzaki is located on the southwestern edge of the Thessalian plain, where the river Pamisos descends from the Agrafa mountains. It is 17&nbs ...

*Oleni *

Pefki Pefki (, , meaning "pine", before 1959: Μαγκουφάνα ''Magkoufana'' ) is a town and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Lykovrysi-P ...

* Sopi

Historical population

References

Sources and external links

Municipality Of Oleni Web Site

Panoleniakos Karatoula Football Club
{{Pyrgos div Populated places in Elis Pyrgos, Elis

Subdivisions

Historical population

See also

References

Sources and external links