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Periphery:Peloponnese
Prefecture : Arcadia
Falaisia (Greek: Φαλαισία, before 1918: Μπούρα - Boura[1]) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The seat of the municipality was in Leontari, 5 km northwest of the village Falaisia. The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the Taygetus mountains, south of Megalopoli and north of Kalamata. It borders on Laconia to the southeast, and Messenia to the southwest.
Subdivisions
- Leontari / το Λεοντάριον [ 289 ]
- Gavria / η Γαβριά [ 10 ]
- Kalyvia / τα Καλύβια [ 24 ]
- Kamaritsa / η Καμαρίτσα [ 24 ]
- Kotsiridion / το Κοτσιρίδιον [ 37 ]
- Ano Giannaioi / οι Άνω Γιανναίοι [ 23 ]
- Kato Giannaioi / οι Κάτω Γιανναίοι [ 66 ]
- Kamara / η Καμάρα [ 287 ]
- Kampochori / το Καμποχώριον [ 68 ]
- Petrina / η Πετρίνα [ 50 ]
- Moni Ampelaki / η Μονή Αμπελάκη [ 4 ]
- Spanaika / τα Σπαναίικα [ 36 ]
- Falaisia / η Φαλαισία [ 150 ]
- Moni Boura / η Μονή Μπούρα [ 15 ]
Historical population
Year Community Municipal unit
1920 375 -
1961 250 -
1981 100 -
1991 126 3,296
2001 150 3,229
References
^ Name changes of settlements in Greece
^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
External links
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