Tragano is a town and a former municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

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 in Elis, West Greece, Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios

Pineios (municipality)

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, of which it is a municipal unit. GR-9

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/E55

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 (Patras - Pyrgos) is 3 km E and is linked with a road connecting Andravida and Olga along with Borsi and Markopopulo and down to Agia Mavra, Roupaki

Roupaki

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 and Amaliada. It is located 4 km E of Andravida

Andravida

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, 68 km SW of Patras

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, W of Borsi

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 and the Pineios River

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 Dam, about 2 km NW of Agia Mavra

Agia Mavra (Ilia), Greece

Agia Mavra is a village in the prefecture of Elis in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Tragano. It is 5 km NE of Gastouni. It is situated not far from the Pineios River. Greek National Road 9 is 5 km NW and about 5 km NE. Distance from Patras is 69 km SE and...

, about 12 km NW of Amaliada

Amaliada

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, 35 km NW of Pyrgos, 33 km NW of the Pyrgos By-Pass, 4 km E of Andravida

Andravida

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 and 17 km (old: 19 km) E of Kyllini.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Tragano is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Tragano (Tragano, Markopoulo, Olga
  Olga, Greece
  Olga is a Greek settlement located about 70 km southwest of Patras, about 36 km north-northwest of Pyrgos, east of Andravida and Kyllini and southeast of Lechaina. Olga is connected with the road linking Tragano and Borsi. The GR-9 Olga (Greek: Όλγα) is a Greek settlement located about...
  
  , Pigadi)
• Agia Mavra
• Simiza

Historical population

Year	Municipal district	Municipality
1981	2,502	-
1991	1,980	2,774
2001	2,688	3,361

Much of the population live inside the town. The rest live in a few communities.

Tragano has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a post office, and a square (plateia

Plateia

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) which is situated in the centre.

The area are made up of forests in the north and bounding with the airport in the northwest especially the municipal border with Andravida. Farmlands lie around town and especially to the north and groves are situated in the southwest and southeast with a few forests. The hills lie to the east and has forests and farms lying to the east. The military airport is 7 km SE and 4.7 km SE directly.