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Filia (Greek: Φίλια) also with the second a accented is a Greek village and municipal district part of the Lefkasio municipality The village Filia is built over two mountains in the southern Achaea prefecture. Filia is located southeast of Patras, south-southwest of Kalavryta and northwest of Tripoli. The GR-33 (Patras - Tripoli) is to the south. Filia's population as of 2001 was 228 in the village, and 326 in the municipal district. * Agioi Theodoroi
* Vila (Βίλα)
Geography Filia's surrounding countryside is predominantly farmland, the whole bordered by mountains. It is built at the northern foot of Profitis Ilias, on a hill known as Mouzakeika or Mouzakaiika (Μουζακεϊκα). Its elevation is 900 m. History Filia was ruled by the Ottoman Turks until the Greek War of Independence of 1821. Under the Capodistrian Plan, the municipality was formed in 1998 and eliminated the old community of Dilia and was the fifth most populated in the province of Kalavryta. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities especially the nearby Patras. The population declined by two thirds until 1991, but it slowly recovered by 20% between 1991 and 2001. Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. Most of the homes are abandoned today. Economy Filia's main produce is olives and cattle, along with other fruit and vegetables. Most of the population is employed in agriculture, as well as some other small businesses. Person * Panos Paparrigopoulos, poet
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