Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Aitoloakarnania
Fragkoulaiika (Φραγκουλαίικα) Aitoloakarnania
Fragkoulaiika is a lowland village in the prefecture of Etoloakarnania at an altitude of 120 meters.
Geography - History
Fragkoulaiika is located at the foot of Mount Arakynthos (Libra), at the northern exit of the gorge of Kleisoura and south of Lake Lysimachia. The national road Agrinio - Antirriou (EO 5) passes through the village and in the north it joins the Yatsaika. It is 21.5 km NW. of Messolonghi and 15.5 km N. of Agrinio. [2] The area of the gorge from the village to Chrysovergi (south entrance) together with Mount Arakynthos is included in the Natura network (Nature) 2000. [3] To the south, in the gorge and in the direction of Kato Ellinika, there is a waterfall which is referred to as "Kleisoura waterfall". [4] As a settlement, it has been included in the Greek censuses since 1928 under the name Frangouleika as part of the then Greek community. In 1931 a community was established with the Government Gazette 2A-07/01/1931 and the seat of the settlement whose name was corrected in Fragkoulaiika in 1940. [5] According to the Kallikratis program, it is the local community of Frangoulaiki that belongs to the municipal unit of Aetoliko of the municipality of the Holy City of Messolonghi and according to the 2011 census has a population of 61 inhabitants. [6]
External links
Kleisoura Waterfall at https://www.youtube.com
References
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 23, vol.35.
"Driving kilometers between cities, villages - apostaseis.gr". www.apostaseis.gr. Retrieved on October 31, 2018.
http://filotis.itia.ntua.gr/biotopes/c/GR2310010/ Archived 2018-10-30 at Wayback Machine. Database Filotis, Mount Arakynthos
"The enchanting waterfall in Greek". iAitoloakarnania. 2016-03-31. Retrieved on 2018-11-23.
"EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved on November 23, 2018.
"Official Gazette of the results of the permanent census 2011", p. 10719 (p. 245 of pdf)
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