Pineia (Greek: Πηνεία) is 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' ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 148.572 km². Its seat of administration was in the village

Simopoulo Simopoulo () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Pineia, Elis, 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 ...

. Pineia is named after the river Pineios, which forms its northern border. The area is hilly and sparsely populated. It is about 20 km east of

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, 25 km northeast of Pyrgos and 45 km southwest of

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Pineia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agnanta (Agnanta, Ampelakia) * Agrapidochori (Agrapidochori, Valmi, Kotrona) * Anthonas (Anthonas, Kalo Paidi) * Avgi (Avgi, Oraia) * Efyra (Efyra, Pirio) * Kampos * Laganas * Latas *

Loukas Loukas () is a Greek (male) first name. It is the Greek form of the Latin name Lucas. This name is often given to honor Luke the Evangelist. People with the given name Loukas * Loukas Apostolidis, a Greek footballer * Loukas Barlos, a Greek busi ...

(Loukas, Prinari) *

Mazaraki The Mazreku, or alternatively, the Mazaraki, Mazarech and Masarachi, were a historical Albanian tribe in medieval Epirus and Thessaly. They appear in historical records as one of the Albanian tribes which raided and invaded Thessaly after 1318 and ...

(Mazaraki, Apidoula, Prodromos) *

Oinoi Oinoi () is a village and a former community in the northern part of West Attica, Greece. The village was named Mazi () until 1919. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipa ...

* Rodia (Rodia, Akropotamia) *

(Simopoulo, Agios Nikolaos) * Skliva * Velanidi (Velanidi, Roupakia, Souli) *

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(Vouliagmeni, Gavrakia)

Historical population

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Municipality of Pineia
{{Ilida div Populated places in Elis Ilida (municipality)

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Historical population

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