Filiatra

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Filiatra Φιλιατρά
Location
Coordinates	37°9′N 21°35′E / 37.15, 21.583Coordinates: 37°9′N 21°35′E / 37.15, 21.583
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):	66 m (217 ft)
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	Peloponnese
Prefecture:	Messenia
Population statistics (as of 2001[1])
City Proper
- Population:	9,334
- Area:[2]	114.9 km² (44 sq mi)
- Density:	81 /km² (210 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal:	243 00
Area:	27610
Auto:	ΚΜ
Website
filiatra.gr

Filiatra (Greek: Φιλιατρά), is a town located in western Messenia. It is passed by GR-9 and is located south of Kyparissia and Pyrgos, w of Kalamata and Messene and 15 km N of Gargalianoi. Its nearby communities are Armenioi or Exochori to the north and Gargalianoi to the northwest. Municipality of Filiatra (Greek: Δήμος Φιλιατρών) is also a municipality of this name and is also the seat of this municipality.

The weekly small newspaper for the town is Neolaia. The D Division or junior/quaternary soccer team for the town is Erani Filiatron.

Filiatra has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a square plateia, a fountain, and banks. The square features forests surrounding the northern and the eastern part and a fountain in the middle. It also includes tables which is connected with a local restaurant and a three-storey clock tower with brown-colored bricks and a clock at the top with a white-colored wall. and The area is covered with hills filled with olive groves and some forests. The Ionian Sea is west of Filiatra.

A reproduction of the Eiffel Tower stands at the entrance to the village.

[edit] Communities

• Chalazoni (pop: 250)
• Christianoupoli (pop: 384)
• Exochiko (pop: 196)
• Filiatra
• Mali (pop: 105)
• Plati (pop: 226)

[edit] Historical population

[edit] Famous People

• Nikolaos Lyberopoulos

[edit] External links

• Municipal website (in Greek)
• Filiatra Forum (in Greek)
• Filiatra

[edit] See also

• Communities of Messenia