Oleni

For a municipality in the prefecture of Achaea, see Olenia. There is also Oleni Island and Oleni in Russia.

Oleni Ωλένη
Location
Oleni
Coordinates	37°44′N 21°33′E / 37.733°N 21.55°E / 37.733; 21.55Coordinates: 37°44′N 21°33′E / 37.733°N 21.55°E / 37.733; 21.55
Location within the peripheral unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	West Greece
Regional unit:	Elis
Municipality:	Pyrgos
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	9,026
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):	240 m (787 ft)
Postal:	270 64
Telephone:	26210
Auto:	ΗΑ

Oleni (Greek: Ωλένη) is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pyrgos, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] The seat of the municipality was in Karatoula. It is located about 20 km S of Simopoulo, NE of Pyrgos, SE of Amaliada, E of Vounargo and NW of Olympia. The largest community is Goumero. In the 19th century, the municipality was known as Olenas.

Subdivisions

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

• Agia Anna
• Arvaniti
• Charia
• Cheimadio
• Goumero
• Karatoula (Karatoula, Kleidereika, Marmara)
• Karya (Karya, Varvarina, Sitochori)
• Klindia
• Koutsochera
• Lanthi (Lanthi, Moni Kremastis)
• Latzoi (Latzoi, Agios Georgios, Almyriki, Grammatikos)
• Magoula (Magoula, Katsomaliareika)
• Mouzaki
• Oleni
• Pefki
• Sopi

Historical population

Year	Village	Municipality
1981	594	-
1991	964	7,560
2001	981	9,026

Mayors

• Dimosthenos Dogkas (1875-1881)
• Dimisthenos Dogkas 1887-several years later
• There were no mayors between 1912 and the mid to late 1990s.

History

The place dates back to the ancient times like a town which called "Amphidolis".

Strabo's Geography

Str. 8.3.10 (Weight: 0.2) _ [ 10 ] τὸ δ' Ἀλείσιον ἔστι τὸ νῦν Ἀλεσιαῖον, χώρα περὶ τὴν Ἀμφιδολίδα, ἐν ᾗ καὶ κατὰ μῆνα ἀγορὰν συνάγουσιν οἱ περίοικοι: κεῖται δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς ὀρεινῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐξ Ἤλιδος εἰς Ὀλυμπίαν: πρότερον δ' ἦν πόλις τῆς Πισάτιδος, ἄλλοτ' ἄλλως τῶν ὅρων ἐπαλλαττόντων διὰ τὰς τῶν ἡγεμόνων μεταβολάς:

<<... Aleisium is the present Alesiaeum, a territory in the neighbourhood of Amphidolis, in which the people of the surrounding country hold a monthly market. It is situated on the mountain-road that runs from Elis to Olympia. In earlier times it was a city of Pisatis, for the boundaries have varied at different times on account of the change of rulers. The poet also calls Aleisium "Hill of Aleisium," when he says: "until we caused our horses to set foot on Buprasium, rich in wheat, and on the Olenian Rock, and of Aleisium where is the place called Hill" (we must interpret the words as a case of hyperbole, that is, as equivalent to "and where is the place called Hill of Aleisium"). Some writers point also to a river Aleisius... >>

The Aleisius River is near Karatoula and much of the area and the municipality are forested while the remainder of the land has some farmland, rivers, and streams.

References

1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

External links

• Municipality Of Oleni Web Site
• Panoleniakos Karatoula Football Club
• Karatoula Fans Of Panathinaikos Athletic Club

	North: Pineia
West: Iardanos	Oleni	East: Foloi?
	South: Pyrgos

See also

• Communities of Ilia