Salmoni is a village located in the municipality of Pyrgos

Pyrgos, Elis

Pyrgos is the capital of the Elis peripheral unit in Greece. It is named after a local tower. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain near the Ionian Sea. It is 96 km away from Patras via Greek National Road 9, 320 km from Athens, and...

, Elis Prefecture

Elis Prefecture

Elis or Ilia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its capital is Pyrgos.-Geography:...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. According to the 2001 census, the village had 801 inhabitants and the municipal district 840 , including the village Alfeios

Alfeios (village)

Alfeios is a small Greek village or settlement with a population of about 39 people and is situated approximately 5 miles east of the city of Pyrgos, Elis. The main attractions of the village are the church of Metamorphosseos tou Sotiros and the church of Saint Raphael built by one of the villagers...

. It is located 3 km off the GR-74

Greek National Road 74

Greek National Road 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. The west to east highway runs in the western and the central part of the Peloponnese. The highway begins in Pyrgos and into the hills and Olympia and used to ran through narrow roads which now bypasses Pyrgos and...

 (Tripoli - Olympia - Pyrgos) and is west of Lestenitsa river. Ita has an altitude of 70 m.

Geography

Salmoni is located 10 km east of downtown Pyrgos, 18 km west of Olympia and 70 km north of Kyparissia

Kyparissia

Kyparissia is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The town proper has around 5,708 inhabitants. The town is located on Greek National Road 9,...

. It is situated in a forestous and hilly area with farmlands.

Nearest places

• Palaia Varvasaina, north (distance: nearly 4 km)
• Strefi and Kato Strefi, east
• Varvasaina, northwest (distance: nearly 4 km)

History

As a part of the Kapodistrias Plan of local government reform in 1997, Salmoni became a municipal district of the municipality of Pyrgos.

Year	Population village	Population municipal district
1991	703	-
2001	801	840