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Antroni

Antroni
Αντρώνι
Antroni is located in Greece
Antroni
Antroni
Coordinates: 37°48′N 21°43′E / 37.800°N 21.717°E / 37.800; 21.717Coordinates: 37°48′N 21°43′E / 37.800°N 21.717°E / 37.800; 21.717
Country Greece
Administrative region West Greece
Regional unit Elis
Municipality Archaia Olympia
Municipal unit Lasiona
Population (2011)
 • Rural 274
Community
 • Population 573 (2011)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Antroni (Greek: Αντρώνι) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Lasiona, Elis, Greece. The community consists of the villages Antroni, Panopoulo, Zachareika and Chania Spartoulia. Antroni is situated near the Foloi oak forest, on a small plateau between deep and narrow river valleys. It is 1 km north of Foloi, 10 km southwest of Lampeia and 19 km northeast of Olympia. The Greek National Road 33 (Patras - Tripoli) runs through Panopoulo and Chania Spartoulia.

According to Greek mythology Heracles used a net to catch the Erymanthian Boar in a gorge near Antroni. Antroni was part of the municipality of Lampeia between the 1830s and 1912. It was an independent community until the 1998, when it joined the new municipality of Lasiona. This in turn became part of the municipality Archaia Olympia in 2011.


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