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Amaliada

Town in the Peloponnese, Greece

Summary

Town in the Peloponnese, Greece

Field	Value
name	Amaliada
name_local	Αμαλιάδα
(Amaliátha)
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Amaliados.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	West Greece
periphunit	Elis
municipality	Ilida
area_municunit	251.945
pop_municunit	26315
population_as_of	2021
pop_community	18223
elevation	6
coordinates
postal_code	272 00, 270 69, 273 00
area_code	26220
licence	ΗΑ
image_skyline	Συντριβάνι, Αμαλιάδα - panoramio (1).jpg
caption_skyline	Town square
georegion	Peloponnese

(Amaliátha)

Amaliada (, Katharevousa: Ἀμαλιάς, Amaliás) is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Elis, in the West Greece Region of Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 251.945 km2. 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

Year	Community	Municipal unit
1981	15,248	-
1991	15,232	-
2001	20,259	31,542
2011	18,303	28,520
2021	18,223	26,315

Subdivisions

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

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.

Sport clubs based in Amaliada	Club	Founded	Sports	Achievements
Asteras Amaliada F.C.	1947	Football	Earlier presence in Gamma Ethniki
Koroivos Amaliadas	1983	Basketball, Volleyball	Presence in A1 Ethniki Basketball

Notable people

Nikos Beloyannis (1915–1952), communist and resistance leader
Mitsos Alexandropoulos (1924–2008), writer
Yovanna (1940- ), singer and author
Angeliki Skarlatou (1973- ), sailor
Rallis (1994- ), Airman

Twin towns — sister cities

Amaliada is twinned with:

TUR Edremit, Turkey since 2000

References

"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
[http://balikesir.bel.tr/documents/file/bb_FoldersFiles/KY14_Karde%C5%9F%20%C5%9Eehirler-031a5a69-a5ce-42fb-b9cb-bfc003ee61f8.pdf Sister/Twin Cities of Balıkesir Province]

Wikipedia Source

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