Elaionas, Achaea

Elaeonas or Elaionas (Greek: Ελαιώνας meaning olive grove 'the place where olives grow', before 1949: Τρυπιά - Trypia[2]) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, in the northern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. It is on the Gulf of Corinth, 3 km west of Diakopto and 9 km southeast of Aigio. The Olympia Odos (Greek National Road Α8) (Patras - Corinth - Athens) passes south of the village. The community consists of the villages Elaionas, Metochi and Terpsithea. In 2011 Elaionas had a population of 671 (712 for the community).

Elaionas
Ελαιώνας
Elaionas is located in Greece
Elaionas
Elaionas
Coordinates: 38°12′N 22°10′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Greece
Regional unitAchaea
MunicipalityAigialeia
Municipal unitDiakopto
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Rural
671
Community
  Population712 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The village lies between the river of Vouraikos and Selinountas in the foothills of Mount Marathia. According to Pausanias, travelers could visit the caverns of Heracles in those foothills. A small marked path off the Old National Highway leads you to these caves.

Population

YearVillage populationCommunity population
1981655-
1991784856
2001767812
2011671712

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