Salmoni (Greek: Σαλμώνη, before 1915: Κούκουρα - Koukoura[2]) is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Alfeios. It is situated in low hills on the right bank of the river Alfeios, at 70 m elevation. It is 2 km southwest of Strefi, 3 km southeast of Varvasaina and 8 km east of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli - Olympia - Pyrgos) passes north of the village. A previously independent community, Salmoni is part of Pyrgos since 1997. The current Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Anthimos, was born in Salmoni in 1934.[3] The village Alfeios, 3 km west of Salmoni, has two churches, Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros and Saint Raphael.[citation needed]
Salmoni
Σαλμώνη | |
|---|---|
  Salmoni | |
| Coordinates: 37°40′N 21°32′E / 37.667°N 21.533°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Greece |
| Regional unit | Elis |
| Municipality | Pyrgos |
| Municipal unit | Pyrgos |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 462 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Population
edit| Year | Population village | Population community |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 715 | - |
| 1991 | 703 | - |
| 2001 | 801 | 840 |
| 2011 | 612 | 643 |
| 2021 | 449 | 462 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Name changes of settlements in Greece
- ^ Metropolis of Thessaloniki (in Greek)