Salmoni | |
Name Local: | Σαλμώνη |
Type: | community |
Coordinates: | 37.6667°N 53°W |
Periph: | West Greece |
Periphunit: | Elis |
Municipality: | Pyrgos |
Municunit: | Pyrgos |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Pop Community: | 462 |
Salmoni (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σαλμώνη, before 1915: Κούκουρα - Koukoura[1]) is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Alfeios. It is situated in low hills on the right bank of the river Alfeios, at 70 m elevation. It is 2 km southwest of Strefi, 3 km southeast of Varvasaina and 8 km east of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli - Olympia - Pyrgos) passes north of the village. A previously independent community, Salmoni is part of Pyrgos since 1997. The current Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Anthimos, was born in Salmoni in 1934.[2] The village Alfeios, 3 km west of Salmoni, has two churches, Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros and Saint Raphael.
Year | Population village | Population community | |
---|---|---|---|
1981 | 715 | - | |
1991 | 703 | - | |
2001 | 801 | 840 | |
2011 | 612 | 643 | |
2021 | 449 | 462 |