Falaisia (, before 1918: Μπούρα - BouraName changes of settlements in Greece) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 274.926 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Leontari, 5 km northwest of the village Falaisia. The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the Taygetus mountains, south of Megalopoli and north of Kalamata. It borders on Laconia to the southeast, and Messenia to the southwest.
Subdivisions The municipal unit Falaisia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): Akovos (Akovos, Goupata) Anavryto (Anavryto, Kato Anavryto) Anemodouri Dyrrachio Ellinitsa Falaisia (Falaisia, Moni Boura) Giannaioi (Ano Giannaioi, Kato Giannaioi) Graikos Kamara (Kamara, Kampochori) Leontari (Leontari, Gavria, Kalyvia, Kamaritsa, Kotsiridi) Leptini Neochori Falaisias Petrina (Petrina, Moni Ampelaki, Spanaiika) Potamia Routsi Skortsinos Soulari Tourkolekas Veligosti Voutsaras
Historical population
Year Community Municipal unit 1920 375 - 1961 250 - 1981 100 - 1991 126 3,296 2001 150 3,229 2011 63 2,077 2021 54 1,455
See also List of settlements in Arcadia
References
External links Arcadia - Falaisia