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Municipal unit in Greece
Amaliada
(
Greek
:
Αμαλι?δα
,
Katharevousa
: ?μαλι??,
Amalias
) 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 municipal unit.
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The municipal unit has an area of 251.945 km
2
.
[3]
It is near the archaeological site of
Elis
, the
city-state
whose territory was the site of the ancient
Olympic Games
. It is situated in the plains of Elis, 6 km from the
Ionian Sea
. It is 10 km southeast of
Gastouni
, 16 km northwest of
Pyrgos
and 60 km southwest of
Patras
.
Amaliada was named after
Queen Amalia of Greece
in the 1830s, and formed by merging two communes, Kalitsa and Dervitselepi. It features a city square with pine trees and a fountain. Most of the streets are in grid order running almost due north, south, east, and west. On the east side, Amaliada has a public sports stadium (mainly used for soccer). The hospital and the monastery of
Frangavilla
are in the southeast. Amaliada has a train station on the line from Patras to Pyrgos. A street in Amaliada's west side is named Hiroshima in memory of the victims of
the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima
at the end of
World War II
. Kourouta and Palouki are the beaches of Amaliada, about 6 km southwest of the town centre.
Population history
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Year
|
Community
|
Municipal unit
|
1981
|
15,248
|
-
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1991
|
15,232
|
-
|
2001
|
20,259
|
31,542
|
2011
|
18,303
|
28,520
|
2021
|
18,223
|
26,315
|
Subdivisions
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The municipal unit Amaliada is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Agios Dimitrios
(Agios Dimitrios, Kolokythas)
- Agios Ilias
- Amaliada
(Amaliada, Agios Ioannis, Kourouta, Marathea, Palouki, Panagia, Tsafleika, Tsichleika)
- Ampelokampos
- Archaia Ilida
- Avgeio
- Chavari
(Chavari, Agios Georgios, Pera Chavari)
- Dafni
(Dafni, Kalathas)
- Dafniotissa
- Douneika
(Douneika, Agia Marina, Danika, Kato Kertezaiika)
- Geraki
(Geraki, Analipsi)
- Kalyvia Ilidos
- Kardamas
(Kardamas, Petroules)
- Kentro
- Keramidia
- Kryonero
- Peristeri
(Peristeri, Asteraiika, Palaiolanthi)
- Roviata
(Roviata, Kasidiaris, Paralia, Romeika)
- Savalia
- Sosti
Sporting teams
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Amaliada is the seat of
Koroivos
which plays in
A1 Ethniki
. The town also hosts the football team
Asteras Amaliada F.C.
with earlier presence in Gamma Ethniki.
Notable people
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Twin towns ? sister cities
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Amaliada is
twinned
with:
See also
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Amaliada
.
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