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Salmoni Σαλμώνη
Community
Salmoni
Coordinates: 37°40′N 21°32′E / 37.667°N 21.533°E / 37.667; 21.533
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Pyrgos
Municipal unit	Pyrgos
Population
• Community	462
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Salmoni (Greek: Σαλμώνη, before 1915: Κούκουρα - Koukoura) is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Alfeios. It is situated in low hills on the right bank of the river Alfeios, at 70 m elevation. It is 2 km southwest of Strefi, 3 km southeast of Varvasaina and 8 km east of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli - Olympia - Pyrgos) passes north of the village. A previously independent community, Salmoni is part of Pyrgos since 1997. The current Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Anthimos, was born in Salmoni in 1934. The village Alfeios, 3 km west of Salmoni, has two churches, Metamorfoseos tou Sotiros and Saint Raphael.

Population

See also

• List of settlements in Elis

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. Metropolis of Thessaloniki (in Greek)

• Pyrgos, Elis
• Populated places in Elis