| Elafonisos Ελαφόνησος |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (min-max): | 0 - 276 m (0 - 906 ft) |
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| Country: | Greece |
| Periphery: | Peloponnese |
| Prefecture: | Laconia |
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| - Population: | 745 |
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| - Density: | 37 /km² (97 /sq mi) |
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| Postal: | 230 53 |
| Area: | 27340 |
| Auto: | ΑΚΑ-Β-Ε-Ζ |
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Elafonisos (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese (Greek: Πελοπόνησος) and Kythira (Greek: Κύθηρα). The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service Greek Vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e The Greek Islands are a collection of over 6000 Islands and Islets that belong to Greece. The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula Kythira (Κύθηρα Cythera, Kythera, Cerigo is an Island of Greece, historically part of the Ionian Islands. It lies off the coast of Cape Malea (Greek: Ακρ. Cape Malea (Ακρωτήριος Μαλέας or Κάβο Μαλέα is one of the Peninsulas in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece. Μαλέας) and Vatika (Greek: Βάτικα). Voies (Greek Βοιές or also Vatika (Βάτικα is a rural Municipality of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on The area of the island is 19 km².
The population which is between 300 and 350 during the winter, however, increases in the summer months. This is because the island is a popular tourist destination during the summer. Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel The tourist season is in the months of July and August reaching 3,000 with 1,600 cars every day. Many people visit the island for its light coloured, sandy beaches of the island. The mains beaches of the island, Sarakiniko, Fragos (Simos) and Panagias Nissia, are filled with golden-green waters. Just across the island on similar patterns and only 570ft away from the mainland the Punta beach lies.
On the nearby mainland, approximately 6. 5 km (3. 7 nmi) east is Neapoli (Greek: Νεάπολη) of the municipality of Vatika. Voies (Greek Βοιές or also Vatika (Βάτικα is a rural Municipality of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on Voies (Greek Βοιές or also Vatika (Βάτικα is a rural Municipality of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on About 8. 5 km (4. 5 nmi) south is Cape Frangos (Greek: Φράγκο) in the island of Kythira. Kythira (Κύθηρα Cythera, Kythera, Cerigo is an Island of Greece, historically part of the Ionian Islands.
3 km² of the community's land includes the a piece from the mainland which is consisted mainly by Punta beach. Nowadays it is by far the largest inhabited island of the Peloponnese, and the only one that is a separate community. There are also some archaeological discoveries on the island and in the surrounding waters.
Agios Spyridon (Greek: Άγιος Σπυρίδων), is the main church of the community and is built on a tiny piece of land which is connected by a bridge over shallow waters to the rest of the island.
Historical population
| Year | Population | Change | Municipal population |
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| 1981 | 611 | - | - |
| 1991 | 653 | 43/7. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. 04% | 725 |
History
Pausanias, Description of Greece book 3, chapter 23, section 10 "kata de tên hodon tên ek Boiôn es Epidauron tên Limêran agousan Artemidos hieron estin en têi Epidauriôn Limnatidos. " (2. 47)*[1]
In the antiquity the current area where Elafonisos lies did not constitute an island but a peninsula with the name "Onou Gnathos" (Greek: Όνου Γνάθος) (Donkey Jawbone) as the then form referred in the aspect according to Pausanias, Description of Greece book 3, chapter 22, section 10 "kalousi de Onou gnathon tên akran". (2. 94), (1. 97) and Strabo Geography (2. 22), (2. 71), (4. 22), (4. 28)[2]. Pausanias throughout his journey describes the city of Voia in the sunken region of island Petri (Pavlopetri, Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) where even today the ruins of homes.
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