Frixa
Φρίξα
Frixa is located in Greece
Frixa
Frixa
Coordinates: 37°37′N 21°42′E / 37.617°N 21.700°E / 37.617; 21.700
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Greece
Regional unitElis
MunicipalityAndritsaina-Krestena
Municipal unitSkillounta
Community
  Population309 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Frixa (Greek: Φρίξα, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - Anemochorakion[2]) is a village in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. In 2011 its population was 200 for the village and 309 for the community, which 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

YearPopulation villageMunicipal district population
1981350-
1991430-
2001319523
2011200309

History

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

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. Name changes of settlements in Greece
  3. Pausanias Description of Greece 6.21
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