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Amalias (Greek: Modern: Αμαλιάδα, Ancient: Αμαλιάς, Amalias) or Amaliada City is a city in the western Peloponnese, in Greece. It had 32090 citizens in the year 2001(of which 18261 live in the city and the rest lives within Amalias). It is near the archealogical site of Ancient Elis, which was the city that held the ancient Olympic Games. It is situated on the valley of the Prefecture of Ilia and almost directly south of the Pineios River, 80 km from Patras, 7 km form Savalia, 5 km from Kourouta, 20 km from Pyrgos 291 km from Athens and 5 km from the Ionian sea. It is ranked the second largest city in Ilia. It is the westernmost city in the Peloponnese.
Amalias was a community from 1912 and since 1924 it is promoted to a municipality.
It is named after Queen Amalia in the 1830s by merging the two communes, one of them being Kallitsa into Amalias.
| Statistics |
| Prefecture: |
Ilia |
| Province: |
Province of Ilia |
| Location: |
37.8/37°48' N
21.35/21°21' E |
| Population: |
32090 (2001) |
| Communes: |
20 |
| Elevation: |
5 to 7 m (centre), 40 m (east) |
| Postal code: |
272 00
270 69 - eastern part
273 00 - Ilis area |
| Area/distance code: |
11-30-26220-2, -3 (030-26220-2, -3) |
| Municipal code: |
1702 |
| Car designation: |
HA |
| 3-letter abbreviation: |
AML |
| Address of administration: |
6 Filikis Etairias St.
Amaliada 272 00 |
| Website: |
www.amaliadacity.com
(in Greek and English) |
| Mayor of Amalias |
Ioannis Lymperis |
It features city square with beautiful pine trees and a fountain. Local streets are mainly in grid order almost running north to south and east to west. A laike is situated in Amaliada's east side along with a public stadium that mainly plays soccer. Amaliada has a hospital in its southeast and a monastery named Aghia Frangavilli to its southeast. Amaliada has one train station (located west of the city square) and two in the municipality.
A street in Amaliada's west side named Hiroshima is mainly dedicated in memory of victims of the Hiroshima Bombing before the end of WWII. Further west are Amaliada's closest beaches of Kourouta and Palouki.
The radio station for this community is the Radio Station of Amalias (RSA).
The soccer team which plays for the juniors or the tertiary league is Asteras Amaliadas.
Population history:
| Year |
Communal population |
Municipal population |
| 1981 |
15248 |
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| 1991 |
15232 |
26588 |
| 2001 |
18261 (downtown)/20.030 ] (commune) |
32090 |
Division of the municipality
- Amaliada / Δ.δ. Αμαλιάδος [ 20030 ]
- Amaliada / η Αμαλιάδα [ 18261 ]
- Agios Ioannis / ο Άγιος Ιωάννης [ 274 ]
- Kouroutas / ο Κουρούτας [ 572 ]
- Marathea / η Μαραθέα [ 409 ]
- Palouki / το Παλούκι [ 218 ]
- Panagia / η Παναγία [ 121 ]
- Tsafleika / τα Τσαφλέικα [ 89 ]
- Tsichleika / τα Τσιχλέικα [ 86 ]
- Agios Dimitrios / Δ.δ. Αγίου Δημητρίου [ 562 ]
- Agios Dimitrios / ο Άγιος Δημήτριος [ 433 ]
- Kolokythas / ο Κολοκυθάς [ 129 ]
- Agios Ilias / Δ.δ. Αγίου Ηλία Πηνηίων -- ο Άγιος Ηλίας [ 413 ]
- Ampelokampos / Δ.δ. Αμπελοκάμπου -- ο Αμπελόκαμπος [ 517 ]
- Archaia Ilida / Δ.δ. Αρχαίας Ήλιδας (τ. Δ.δ. Ήλιδος) -- η Αρχαία Ήλιδα (τ.Ήλις) [ 352 ]
- Avgeion / Δ.δ. Αυγείου -- το Αυγείον [ 429 ]
- Gerakion / Δ.δ. Γερακίου [ 716 ]
- Gerakion / το Γεράκιον [ 583 ]
- Analipsis / η Ανάληψις [ 133 ]
- Dafni / Δ.δ. Δάφνης [ 585 ]
- Dafni / η Δάφνη [ 528 ]
- Kalathas / ο Καλαθάς [ 57 ]
- Dafniotissa / Δ.δ. Δαφνιωτίσσης -- η Δαφνιώτισσα [ 459 ]
- Dounaiika / Δ.δ. Δουναίικων [ 891 ]
- Dounaiika / τα Δουναίικα [ 771 ]
- Agia Marina / η Αγία Μαρίνα [ 3 ]
- Danika / τα Δανικά [ 114 ]
- Kato Kertezaiika / τα Κάτω Κερτεζαίικα [ 3 ]
- Kalyvia / Δ.δ. Καλυβίων Ήλιδος -- τα Καλύβια [ 365 ]
- Kardamas / Δ.δ. Καρδαμά [ 1196 ]
- Kardamas / ο Καρδαμάς [ 1097 ]
- Petroules / οι Πετρούλες [ 99 ]
- Kentron / Δ.δ. Κέντρου -- το Κέντρον [ 481 ]
- Keramidia / Δ.δ. Κεραμιδιάς -- η Κεραμιδιά [ 543 ]
- Kryoneron / Δ.δ. Κρυονέρου -- το Κρυόνερον [ 347 ]
- Peristerion / Δ.δ. Περιστερίου [ 540 ]
- Peristerion / το Περιστέριον [ 452 ]
- Asteraiika / τα Αστεραίικα [ 55 ]
- Palaiolanthi / η Παλαιολάνθη [ 33 ]
- Roviata / Δ.δ. Ροβιάτας [ 400 ]
- Roviata / η Ροβιάτα [ 319 ]
- Kasidiaris / ο Κασιδιάρης [ 41 ]
- Paralia / η Παραλία [ 27 ]
- Romeika / τα Ρωμέικα [ 13 ]
- Savalia / Δ.δ. Σαβαλίων -- τα Σαβάλια [ 1.273 ]
- Sostion / Δ.δ. Σωστίου -- το Σώστιον [ 417 ]
- Chavarion / Δ.δ. Χαβαρίου [ 1574 ]
- Chavarion / το Χαβάριον [ 1394 ]
- Agios Georgios / ο Άγιος Γεώργιος [ 86 ]
- Pera Chavari / το Πέρα Χαβάρι [ 94 ]
Sporing teams
Ionikos (played in the first division in the 2004-05 season)
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