Panopoulo

Panopoulo (Greek, Modern: Πανόπουλο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n fr. Pano + -poulo) is a village and the seat of the municipality of Lasiona (Greek, Modern: Δ. Λασιώνας Dimos Lasionas, Ancient/Katharevousa: Λασιών Lasion) and the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia. It is accessed by a road connecting Patras and Tripoli, the GR-33 and the Amaliada to Simopoulo Road about 4 km E and the road to Pyrgos W. It is located about 50 km S of Patras, about 70 km from the Rio-Antirio bridge, about 35 km W of Lampeia, about 100 km W of Tripoli, about 45 km N of Olympia and about 45 km NE of Pyrgos.

Nearest places

• Simopoulo, NW
  
• Antroni S
  

Historical population

Panopoulo has a school, a church, a small post office and a square (plateia).

Much of the area are covered with forests including the north and the south and the central part and grasslands to the east. The central part and within the communities and villages have some farmland.

On September 2003, Panopoulo held the third stage of the 28th ELPA Rally which is sponsored by ELPA which was cancelled due to an enormous accident on stage 1 The stage 3 was the final one. Its length for the SS3 part is 20.79 km running from Simopoulo.

See also

Communities of Ilia