Falaisia

Falaisia Φαλαισία
Location
Falaisia
Coordinates	37°17′N 22°10′E
Location within the regional unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Peloponnese
Regional unit:	Arcadia
Municipality:	Megalopolis
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	3,229
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max):	350 - 1,522 m ­(1148 - 4993 ft)
Postal:	220 21
Telephone:	27910
Auto:	TP
Website
www.falaisia.gr

Falaisia (Greek: Φαλαισία, before 1918: Μπούρα - Boura) 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. 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

The municipal unit Falaisia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Akovos (Akovos, Goupata)
• Anavryto (Anavryto, Kato Anavryto)
• Anemodouri
• Dyrrachio
• Ellinitsa
• Falaisia (Falaisia, Moni Boura)
• Giannaioi (Ano Giannaioi, Kato Giannaioi)
• Graikos
• Kamara (Kamara, Kampochori)
• Leontari (Leontari, Gavria, Kalyvia, Kamaritsa, Kotsiridi)
• Leptini
• Neochori Falaisias
• Petrina (Petrina, Moni Ampelaki, Spanaiika)
• Potamia
• Routsi
• Skortsinos
• Soulari
• Tourkolekas
• Veligosti
• Voutsaras

Historical population

Year	Community	Municipal unit
1920	375	-
1961	250	-
1981	100	-
1991	126	3,296
2001	150	3,229

External links

• Arcadia - Falaisia

See also

• List of settlements in Arcadia