Salmoni, Elis

Salmoni (Greek: Σαλμώνη, before 1915: Κούκουρα - Koukoura^[2]) is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Alfeios. It is situated in low hills on the right bank of the river Alfeios, at 70 m elevation. It is 2 km southwest of Strefi, 3 km southeast of Varvasaina and 8 km east of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli - Olympia - Pyrgos) passes north of the village. A previously independent community, Salmoni is part of Pyrgos since 1997. The current Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Anthimos, was born in Salmoni in 1934.^[3] The village Alfeios, 3 km west of Salmoni, has two churches, Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros and Saint Raphael.^{[citation needed]}

Salmoni Σαλμώνη
Community
Salmoni
Coordinates: 37°40′N 21°32′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Pyrgos
Municipal unit	Pyrgos
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	462
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Population

Year	Population village	Population community
1981	715	-
1991	703	-
2001	801	840
2011	612	643
2021	449	462

See also

• List of settlements in Elis