Frixa | |
Name Local: | Φρίξα |
Type: | community |
Coordinates: | 37.6167°N 63°W |
Periph: | West Greece |
Periphunit: | Elis |
Municipality: | Andritsaina-Krestena |
Municunit: | Skillounta |
Pop Community: | 301 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Frixa (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Φρίξα, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - Anemochorakion[1]) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Anemochoraki. Frixa is on a hill near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 2 km northeast of Skillountia, 7 km southeast of Olympia and 8 km northeast of Krestena.
Year | Population village | Community population | |
---|---|---|---|
1981 | 350 | - | |
1991 | 430 | - | |
2001 | 319 | 523 | |
2011 | 200 | 309 | |
2021 | 257 | 301 |
Phrixa was a hilltop town in the ancient land of Pisa. The town was already ruined in Pausanias' days (2nd century AD). It had a temple of Cydonian Athena. It was said that the temple was founded by Clymenus from Kydonia in Crete, a descendant of Heracles of Ida.[2]