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Amaliada
Sign in to saveAmaliada (, Katharevousa: Ἀμαλιάς, Amaliás) is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Elis, in the West Greece Region of Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 251.945 km2. It is near the archaeological site of Elis, the city-state whose territory was the site of the ancient Olympic Games. It is situated in the plains of Elis, 6 km from the Ionian Sea. It is 10 km southeast of Gastouni, 16 km northwest of Pyrgos and 60 km southwest of
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Αμαλιάδας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 16,763
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Amaliada
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αμαλιάδα (Amaliátha)
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Amaliados.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Elis
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Ilida
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 251.945
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 26315
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 18223
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 6
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 272 00, 270 69, 273 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 26220
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΗΑ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Συντριβάνι, Αμαλιάδα - panoramio (1).jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Town square
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 15189
- Area
- 2.52
- Elevation
- 53
- Official website
- www.amaliada.gr
- Image
- Συντριβάνι, Αμαλιάδα - panoramio (1).jpg
- Dialing code
- 2622
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- Commons category
- Amaliada
- postal code
- 272 00
- native label
- Αμαλιάδα
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- Twin towns — sister cities
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Amaliada (, Katharevousa: Ἀμαλιάς, Amaliás) is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Elis, in the West Greece Region of Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 251.945 km2. It is near the archaeological site of Elis, the city-state whose territory was the site of the ancient Olympic Games. It is situated in the plains of Elis, 6 km from the Ionian Sea. It is 10 km southeast of Gastouni, 16 km northwest of Pyrgos and 60 km southwest of Patras.
Amaliada was named after Queen Amalia of Greece in the 1830s, and formed by merging two communes, Kalitsa and Dervitselepi. It features a city square with pine trees and a fountain. Most of the streets are in grid order running almost due north, south, east, and west. On the east side, Amaliada has a public sports stadium (mainly used for soccer). The hospital and the monastery of Frangavilla are in the southeast. Amaliada has a train station on the line from Patras to Pyrgos. A street in Amaliada's west side is named Hiroshima in memory of the victims of the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Kourouta and Palouki are the beaches of Amaliada, about 6 km southwest of the town centre.
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