Filiatra

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Filiatra
name_local = Φιλιατρά


periph = Peloponnese
prefec = Messenia
province =
population = 9334
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf source]
pop_dens = 81
area = 114.9
elevation = 66
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 9
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 21
lon_min = 35
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 243 00
area_code = 27610
licence = ΚΜ
mayor =
website = [http://www.filiatra.gr/ filiatra.gr]


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Filiatra (Greek: Φιλιατρά), is a town located in western Messenia. It is passed by GR-9 and is located south of Kyparissia and Pyrgos, w of Kalamata and Messene and 15 km N of Gargalianoi. Its nearby communities are Armenioi or Exochori to the north and Gargalianoi to the northwest. Municipality of Filiatra (Greek: Δήμος Φιλιατρών) is also a municipality of this name and is also the seat of this municipality.

The weekly small newspaper for the town is "Neolaia". The D Division or junior/quaternary soccer team for the town is Erani Filiatron.

Filiatra has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a square "plateia", a fountain, and banks. The square features forests surrounding the northern and the eastern part and a fountain in the middle. It also includes tables which is connected with a local restaurant and a three-storey clock tower with brown-colored bricks and a clock at the top with a white-colored wall. and The area is covered with hills filled with olive groves and some forests. The Ionian Sea is west of Filiatra.

A reproduction of the Eiffel Tower stands at the entrance to the village.

Communities

*Chalazoni (pop: 250)
*Christianoupoli (pop: 384)
*Exochiko (pop: 196)
*Filiatra
*Mali (pop: 105)
*Plati (pop: 226)

Historical population

Famous People

*Nikolaos Lyberopoulos

External links

* [http://www.filiatra.gr/ Municipal website] (in Greek)
* [http://www.filiatra.gov.gr/ Municipality of Filiatra Internet Portal] (in Greek)
* [http://filiatra.phpbb24.com/ Filiatra Forum] (in Greek)
* [http://filiatra.8m.com/ Filiatra]

	North: Kyparissia
West: Ionian Sea	Filiatra	East: Papaflessa
	South: Gargalianoi

ee also

*Communities of Messenia