Frixa
Appearance
Frixa
Φρίξα | |
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Coordinates: 37°37′N 21°42′E / 37.617°N 21.700°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | West Greece |
Regional unit | Elis |
Municipality | Andritsaina-Krestena |
Municipal unit | Skillounta |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 301 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Frixa (Greek: Φρίξα, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - Anemochorakion[2]) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Anemochoraki. Frixa is on a hill near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 2 km northeast of Skillountia, 7 km southeast of Olympia and 8 km northeast of Krestena.
Population
[edit]Year | Population village | Community population |
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1981 | 350 | - |
1991 | 430 | - |
2001 | 319 | 523 |
2011 | 200 | 309 |
2021 | 257 | 301 |
History
[edit]Phrixa was a hilltop town in the ancient land of Pisa. The town was already ruined in Pausanias' days (2nd century AD). It had a temple of Cydonian Athena. It was said that the temple was founded by Clymenus from Kydonia in Crete, a descendant of Heracles of Ida.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Name changes of settlements in Greece
- ^ Pausanias Description of Greece 6.21