- Foloi
Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Foloi
name_local = Φολόη
periph =West Greece
prefec = Elis
province = Elis
population = 4870
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 = 640
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 47
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 21
lon_min = 43
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 270 66
area_code = 26240
licence = ΗΑ
mayor =
website =
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city_
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elevation_max =Foloi ( _el. Φολόη), older forms Foloe, older form and
Latin : Pholoe is a village and a municipality in the eastern part of theprefecture of Ilia . The seat of the municipality is in the village Lala. It is located about 40 km E of Pyrgos, about 70 km S ofPatras , about 40 km SW ofLampeia , about 50 km SE ofAmaliada and about 140 km W of Tripoli. The prefecture ofArcadia is bounded to the east in theErymanthus river.Nearest places
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Lala, Greece , ECommunes
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Achladini
**Koutsoutroumpa
*Douka
*Foloi
**Lasdika (pop: 85}
*Koumani
**Ai Giannaki (pop: 13)
**Kastania (pop: 47)
*Lala
**Pothos
*Milees
*Nemouta
**Kampos (pop: 23)
**Tsapareika (pop: 43)
**Villia (pop: 40)
*Neraida
**Kampos (pop: 48)
*Persaina Historical population
The population from 1981 to 1991 lost 55 but recovered over the level where the population was in 1981. The village has a small school, a church, a small post office, a train station and a square ("
plateia "). The entire mountain and the ranges is also a parkland. Much of the municipality and the mountain is covered with pine forests. It is also home to some birds and some butterflies. TheKladeos river passes through Lala. The remainder of the lands are made up of rivers and streams. The mountain formed a historical border with Elis and Arcadia. Its present boundary is now at the Erymanthus river. In the times ofAlaric ,Arcadius , a general succeeded in shutting off theGoths in the border between Elis and Arcadia. Forests fires of somewhere in the late-1990s consumed a part of the forest.External links
* [http://www.ornithologiki.gr/en/sppe/en079.htm Birds of Mount Foloi] , [http://www.ornithologiki.gr/gr/sppe/gr079.htm also in Greek]
*http://grenier2clio.free.fr/grec/pholoe.htm (in French)North: Lasiona West: Oleni Foloi East: Tropaia ?South: Olympia ee also
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Communities of Ilia
*Pholoe , also a scientific name
*Pholoidae
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