Filiatra
Town in Messenia, Greece
Filiatra (Greek: Φιλιατρά), is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 114.877 km2.
Filiatra is situated near the Ionian Sea coast in western Messenia. It is located 11 km northwest of Gargalianoi, 13 km southwest of Kyparissia, 29 km northwest of Pylos and 49 km west of Kalamata. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia - Pylos) passes through the town. Filiatra was founded around the 12th and the 13th centuries. It was constructed close to the site of the ancient city Erana. Filiatra has several schools, churches and shops. A scaled reproduction of the Eiffel Tower stands at the entrance to the village. The local soccer club is Erani Filiatra.
01Subdivisions
The municipal unit Filiatra is subdivided into the following communities (2021 population in brackets):
- Chalazoni (120)
- Christianoupolis (244)
- Exochiko (167)
- Filiatra
- Mali (46)
- Plati (53)
The community Filiatra consists of the following settlements, besides the Filiatra town proper:
- Agia Kyriaki
- Agrilos
- Kountri
- Lagkouvardos - a beach area located near Agia Kyriaki
- Lempestena
- Limenari, the access from Filiatra to the sea. It is around 2 km from the town centre
- Merolithi
- Stomio
- Vryses
02Historical population
| Year | Town | Community | Municipal unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5,139 | - | - |
| 1991 | 6,062 | 7,753 | - |
| 2001 | 6,719 | 7,882 | 9,334 |
| 2011 | 5,969 | 6,791 | 7,514 |
| 2021 | 4,373 | 4,729 | 5,359 |
03Notable people
- The Liberopoulos brothers:
- Nikos Liberopoulos, footballer
- Sotiris Liberopoulos, footballer
- Nikolaos Frousos, footballer
- Theodoros Marangos, film director
- Kanaris Tsinganos, theoretical astrophysicist and professor
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Ρολόι Φιλιατρών 4993.jpg by C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tour Filiatrá - panoramio.jpg by Piergiorgio Borgogno, CC BY 3.0
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