Agios Dimitrios (Ilia)

Agios Dimitrios, Aghios Dimitrios or Ayios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Demetrius) is a village located in the municipality of Amaliada in the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia and in the western part of the Peloponnese. The village is connected by a road linking Gastouni and the Peneus Dam which is situated to the east It is located 14 km E of Gastouni, 3 km W of Kentro (Ilia), Greece, about 18 km (old: 13 km) W of Simopoulo, about 13 km NE of Amaliada, about 35 km N of ENE of Pyrgos and 13 km E of GR-9/E55.

Subdivisions

Kolokythas (pop: 129 2001)

Nearest places

  • Kentro, E
  • Ilida, S
  • Ancient Elis, W

Geography

Location:

  • Longitude: 21.408 (21°24'30') E
  • Latitude: 37.896 (37°53'40') N

Postal code: 270 69

Elevation:

  • lowest: Pineios River
  • centre: 40 m
  • highest: about 100 m

Dialing code: +11+30-26220 (030-26220)

Historical population

Year Communal population
1981 474
1991 386
2001 433

Agios Dimitrios has a small school a church which is named Agios Dimitrios and a square (plateia) in the central part.

The area sits on a valley which the Peneus river is to the north. Forests surround the village and the western part along with some groves. Farmlands are to the east, the north and partially to the south with pastures and as mixed farming. The hills are to the south and 2 km north. It is mainly grassy but forests are to the south.

A water control for the dam is about 1.5 km E and 1.5 km W of the dam. It was built in the 1960s. The water control sit next to the hills.

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