Frixa

Frixa
Φρίξα
Community
Frixa is located in Greece
Frixa
Frixa
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 37°37′N 21°42′E / 37.617°N 21.700°E / 37.617; 21.700
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Greece
Regional unitElis
MunicipalityAndritsaina-Krestena
Municipal unitSkillounta
Population
 (2021)
 • Community
301
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Frixa (Greek: Φρίξα, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - Anemochorakion) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Anemochoraki. Frixa is on a hill near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 2 km northeast of Skillountia, 7 km southeast of Olympia and 8 km northeast of Krestena.

Population

YearPopulation villageCommunity population
1981350-
1991430-
2001319523
2011200309
2021257301

History

Phrixa was a hilltop town in the ancient land of Pisa. The town was already ruined in Pausanias' days (2nd century AD). It had a temple of Cydonian Athena. It was said that the temple was founded by Clymenus from Kydonia in Crete, a descendant of Heracles of Ida.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Name changes of settlements in Greece
  3. ↑ Pausanias Description of Greece 6.21