Lasiona (Greek, Modern:
Λασιώνα, Ancient/Katharevousa: Λασιών Lasion) is a
municipality in the northern part of the Elis Prefecture, Greece
. Its
seat of administration is the village
Antroni[106470]-Panopoulo (
Greek:
Aντρώνι - Πανόπουλο.
It is accessed by a road connecting Patras and Tripoli, the
GR-33 and the Amaliada to
Simpoulo Road about 4 km E and the road to Pyrgos W.
It is
located about 50 km S of Patras
, about
70 km from the Rio-Antirio bridge
, about 35 km W of Lampeia
, about
100 km W of Tripoli
, about
45 km N of Olympia
and about
45 km NE of Pyrgos.
Nearest places
Historical population
| Year |
Dystos population |
Change |
Municipal population |
| 1981 |
- |
- |
- |
| 1991 |
245 |
- |
2,127 |
| 2001 |
314 |
69/28.16% |
2,987 |
Panopoulo has a school, a church, a small post office and a square
(
plateia). Much of the area are
covered with forests including the north and the south and the
central part and grasslands to the east. The central part and
within the communities and villages have some farmland. On
September 2003, Panopoulo held the third stage of the
28th ELPA Rally which is sponsored by
ELPA which was canceled due to an enormous
accident on stage 1. The stage 3 was the final one.
Its length for the SS3
part is 20.79 km running from Simopoulo
.
See also
References
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