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Elafonissos (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) or Elafonisos is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. It lies off the coast of Cape Malea and is found in the municipality of the Vatika. The island is 19 km². In modern times, Elafonissos was first inhabited before 1850. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: Î½Î¿Î¼Î¿Î¯, Î½Î¿Î¼ÏŒÏ‚)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Laconia (Î›Î±ÎºÏ‰Î½Î¯Î±; see also List of traditional Greek place names), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnesus of which the most important city was Sparta. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ionian Sea. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... This is a list of some of the 3000 islands of Greece: Chrysi Crete Dia Euboea Gavdos Koufonisi Ydra The Cyclades Amorgos Anafi Andros Antiparos Anydro Delos Donoussa Folegandros Gyaros Ios Irakleia Kea Keros Kimolos Kithnos Makronisos Milos Mykonos (Mikonos) Naxos Paros Pholegandros Santorini (also called Thira) Serifos Sifnos Sikinos... Though Peloponnese is used to refer to the entire peninsula, the periphery with that name includes only part of that landmass. ... Kythira (Îœodern Hellenic: ÎšÏÎ¸Î·ÏÎ±), also known as Cerigo (Î¤ÏƒÎ¹ÏÎ¯Î³Î¿), also spelt: Kithira, Kythera, Cythera, Cerigo or Tsirigo, is an hellenic island, historically part of the Ionian Islands. ... Cape Malea is a peninsula found in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... View of Neapolis from Faraklo The Vatika (Greek: Î’Î¬Ï„Î¹ÎºÎ±) is a rural municipality (Greek: Î”Î®Î¼Î¿Ï‚) of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on the southerly tip of Cape Malea. ...

The population is between 400 and 450 during the winter, however increases in the summer months. This is because the island is a popular tourist destination during the summer. The tourist season is in the months of July and August reaching 5,000 with 1,600 cars every day. Many people visit the island for its light coloured, sandy beaches on the southern tip of the island. There three main beaches on the island, that of Simos, Sarakiniko and Panagias filled with golden-green waters. Just across the island 570 m to the mainland there is Punta beach. A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts. ...

On the nearby mainland, approximately 6.5 km (3.7 nmi) east is Neapoli of the municipality of Vatika. About 8.5 km (4.5 nmi) south is Cape Frangos in the island of Kythira. This page is about the modern Greek town of Neapoli found in the municipality of the Vatika. ... View of Neapolis from Faraklo The Vatika (Greek: Î’Î¬Ï„Î¹ÎºÎ±) is a rural municipality (Greek: Î”Î®Î¼Î¿Ï‚) of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on the southerly tip of Cape Malea. ... Kythira (Îœodern Hellenic: ÎšÏÎ¸Î·ÏÎ±), also known as Cerigo (Î¤ÏƒÎ¹ÏÎ¯Î³Î¿), also spelt: Kithira, Kythera, Cythera, Cerigo or Tsirigo, is an hellenic island, historically part of the Ionian Islands. ...

3 km² of the community's land includes the mainland which mainly Punta. Today is the only island that is the only inhabited island in the Peloponnese. There are also some archaeological discoveries on the island and in the surrounding waters.

The main church in the village is of Agios Spyridon, which is built on a tiny piece of land that is connected by a hand made bridge to the rest of the island.

The island is also known as Lafonissi or Lafonissi (Λαφονήσι) in Northwestern Crete. The name of Elafonisos probably has a historical origin, and means the "island of deers".

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History

In ancient times, Elafonissos wasn't known as an island but was a peninsula named Onou Gnathos or Onugnathus. According to Pausanias, in his travels he described that the city was in the area of today's small island of Petri (Πετρί) (Pavlopetri = Παυλοπέτρι) where it had island homes and small roads as well as on Kavo Kalogirou (ο Καλογήρου) (Kalogeras = Καλόγερας). The area connecting the island and the mainland was submerged in the first century AD, leading to the seperation of the island that can be seen today. Elafonisos in the background, taken from Agios Nikolaos_(vatika) by Aggelophoros. ...

According to the old Venetian maps of the 15th century, Elafonissos was written as Cervi and Kythera Cerigo today. Finally, the nearby village Vigklafia (Βιγκλάφια) was named which was really that (Vigkla - Elafia) of from that side. The Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ...

The island was first inhabited in 1850 after the definite annexation to Greece after the Greco-British dispute. The first inhabitants were from the nearby villages in the Vatika. View of Neapolis from Faraklo The Vatika (Greek: Î’Î¬Ï„Î¹ÎºÎ±) is a rural municipality (Greek: Î”Î®Î¼Î¿Ï‚) of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on the southerly tip of Cape Malea. ...

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Elafonissos has school, a church and a square (plateies). Plateia (Ï€Î»Î±Ï„ÎµÎ¯Î±) is the Greek word for town square. ...

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