Pineia

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Pineia
name_local = Πηνεία


periph = West Greece
prefec = Elis
province = Elis
population = 5660
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf source]
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elevation = 15
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 51
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 21
lon_min = 34
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 270 69
area_code = 26220
licence = ΗΑ
mayor =
website =


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Pineia (Greek: Πηνεία) is a municipality in the Elis Prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administration is in the village Simopoulo ( _el. Σιμόπουλο). Simopoulo is located about 5 km west of GR-33 and south of the Pineios River valley. Distance from Patras is about 45 km S, about 48 km W of Lampeia and W of Tripoli, about 25 km NE of Pyrgos and approximately 20 km ENE of Amaliada.__NOTOC__

Nearest places

*Kampos (northwest)

ubdivisions

*Agios Nikolaos

Communes of Pineia

Most of the communes are in the north, west and the south.
*Agnanta
**Ampelakia
*Agrapidochori
**Valmi
**Kotrona
*Anthona
*Kalo Paidi (Greek for good child)
*Avgi
**Oraia
*Efyra
**Piri
*Kampos
*Lagana
*Lata
**Roupakia
**Souli
*Louka
**Prinari
*Mazaraki
**Apidoula, Apidula
**Prodromos
*Oinoi
*Rodia
*Simopoulo
*Skliva
*Velanido
*Vouliagmeni
**Gavrakia

Historical population

The community has a small school, a church, and a square("plateia").

Farmlands are located to its north and west while forests and pine trees dominate the west, the south and east with a few groves in the northwest and east. Hills dominate the northwest and mountains dominate the west, northwest and south. It is located south of mount Skollis.

Pine forests dominate the northeastern and the eastern part of the municipality.

External links

* [http://www.dim-simop.ilei.sch.gr/xorio.htm Simopoulo, Pineia]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Simopoulo&country=GR Mapquest - Simopoulo] - map data not yet available
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4469 GTP - Simopoulo]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4468 GTP - Municipality of Pineia]
* [http://indexmundi.com/z/?lat=37.85=21.5666667&t=p&r=9860&p=simopopulo&cc=gr&c=greece.htm Indexmundi - Simopoulo]
* Maps and aerial photos:
*coord|37|50|45|N|21|34|14|E|region:GR
**Street map from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=23.571&longitude=37.845&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=23.571&lons1=37.845&alts1=35 MapPoint] , [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=23.571,37.845 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.845&lon=23.571&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.845,20.571&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.571|23.253&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available

ee also

*Communities of Ilia