Dictionary of Meaning
<<Back
Please select a letter:
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
0-9
Click here for Shopping
Daphnoula
*** Shopping-Tip: Daphnoula
{{otheruses}}
'''Daphnoula''' or '''Dafnoula''' (
Greek language Greek: Δαφνούλα, meaning little
Bay laurel laurel from ''dafni'' and ''-oula'') is a mountain village in the
Prefecture of Ilia in
Greece. It is located about 55 km E of
Krestena and
Greece Interstate 9 GR-9/
E55, SE of
Olympia, Greece Olympia, about 8 to 10 km N of
Andritsaina, about 40 km S of
Tropaia and about 55 km NW of
Megalopoli. It is linked with a road to
Andritsaina. There are no bridges over the
Alpheus, the nearest bridge is the road linking
Kallithea and Tropaia to the west and GR-76 to the southeast. The prefecture of
Arcadia is to the north and east.
Subdivision
*
Chelidoni (pop: 19)
Nearest places
*Andritsaina, S
*
Matesi, SW
Geography
*Location:
**Longitude: 21.96 (21°51'54') E
**Latitude: 37.788 (37°35'18') N
*Postal code: 270 62
*Elevation: 178 m
*Dialing code: +11+30-
Greece dialing code 26260 26260 (030-26260)
Historical population
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"11
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Year !! Communal population !! Change
|-
|
1981 || 236 || -
|-
|
1991 || 230 || -6/-2.54%
|-
|
2001 || 306 (community), 287 (village) || 67/29.13%
|}
Dafnoula has a small school, a church, and a small square (''
plateia'').
Dafnoula sits on a mountain slope. The mountains surround the village with mainly grasslands and some rocky landscapes with a few forests. The
Alfeios River is to the north and northeast and is located less than 1 km.
On
July 11,
1997, a forest fire consumed most of the forests in southeastern Ilia burning a few km² of forests. It happened between Matesi and Dafnoula. The fire occurred for about 3 hours and began at 08:00 (UTC)/11:00 (EET),
Persons
*
Ioannis G. Tsatsaris (born in
1934) is a
List of Greeks Greek author
External links
-
Biography of Ioannis G. Tsatsaris
Category:Elis
