Foloi
Template:Infobox Greek Dimos Foloi (Template:Langx, Latin: Pholoe) is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archaia Olympia, of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 174.202 km2.<ref name=stat01>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The seat of the municipality was in the village Lalas, in the southern part of the municipal unit. The village Foloi is situated in the northwestern part. Foloi is situated in a mountainous, sparsely populated area. The Foloi oak forest is located in the municipal unit. Foloi is located about 15 km northeast of Olympia, 30 km east of Pyrgos and 55 km south of Patras. It borders on Arcadia to the east, across the river Erymanthus.
HistoryEdit
The village, formerly named Giarmena (Template:Langx), was renamed in 1928<ref>Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Διοικητικές μεταβολές Φολόης Ηλείας</ref> after an ancient name related to the centaur Pholus.<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, Ph670.3</ref>
SubdivisionsEdit
The municipal unit Foloi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Achladini (Achladini, Koutsouroumpas)
- Doukas (Doukas, Lasdikas)
- Foloi
- Koumanis (Koumanis, Ai Giannaki, Kastania)
- Lalas (Lalas, Pothos)
- Milies
- Nemouta (Nemouta, Kampos, Tsaparaiika, Villia)
- Neraida (Neraida, Kampos)
- Persaina (Nea Persaina)
Historical populationEdit
| Year | Community Foloi | Municipal unit Foloi |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 308 | - |
| 1991 | 253 | 3,826 |
| 2001 | 333 | 4,870 |
| 2011 | 208 | 2,969 |
| 2021 | 156 | 2,293 |