Falaisia
Falaisia (Greek: Φαλαισία, before 1918: Μπούρα - Boura) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 274.926 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Leontari, 5 km northwest of the village Falaisia. The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the Taygetus mountains, south of Megalopoli and north of Kalamata. It borders on Laconia to the southeast, and Messenia to the southwest.
Falaisia
Φαλαισία | |
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Municipal unit | |
Falaisia Location within the regional unit | |
| Coordinates: 37°17′N 22°10′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Arcadia |
| Municipality | Megalopolis |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 274.9 km2 (106.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 758 m (2,487 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,522 m (4,993 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Municipal unit | 1,455 |
| • Municipal unit density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Community | 54 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 220 21 |
| Area code(s) | 27910 |
| Vehicle registration | TP |
| Website | www.falaisia.gr |
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