Frixa (, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - AnemochorakionName changes of settlements in Greece) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Anemochoraki. Frixa is on a hill near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 2 km northeast of Skillountia, 7 km southeast of Olympia and 8 km northeast of Krestena.

Population Year Population village Community population 1981 350 - 1991 430 - 2001 319 523 2011 200 309 2021 257 301

History Phrixa was a hilltop town in the ancient land of Pisa. The town was already ruined in Pausanias' days (2nd century AD). It had a temple of Cydonian Athena. It was said that the temple was founded by Clymenus from Kydonia in Crete, a descendant of Heracles of Ida.Pausanias Description of Greece 6.21

See also List of settlements in Elis

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