Pelopio

Pelopio Πελόπιο
Community
Pelopio Location within Greece
Coordinates: 37°40′N 21°35′E / 37.667°N 21.583°E / 37.667; 21.583
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Archaia Olympia
Municipal unit	Archaia Olympia
Population  (2021)
• Community	944
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Pelopio (Greek: Πελόπιο, before 1928: Κριεκούκι - Kriekouki) is a settlement in the municipality of Ancient Olympia, Elis, Greece. Pelopio is 3 km east of Smila, 4 km northwest of Olympia and 5 km southwest of Chelidoni. The Greek National Road 74 (Pyrgos - Tripoli) passes south of the village.

History

The village was founded in the 15th century during the Ottoman rule. It was founded by Turkish-Albanians who named it originally "Kriekouki" which means "red head" in their language. In 1928 it was renamed to Pelopio after Pelops, the mythical king of Pisa. Pelopio suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires and from a tornado on 3 November 2009.

Population

Persons

• Vyron Davos, writer, mainly wrote about Elis and its history

See also

• List of settlements in Elis

References