Filiatra

Filiatra (Greek: Φιλιατρά), is a town located in western Messenia. It is passed by GR-9 and is located south of Kyparissia and Pyrgos, w of Kalamata and Messene and 15 km N of Gargalianoi. Its nearby communities are Armenioi or Exochori to the north and Gargalianoi to the northwest. Municipality of Filiatra (Greek: Δήμος Φιλιατρών) is also a municipality of this name and is also the seat of this municipality.

The weekly small newspaper for the town is Neolaia. The D Division or junior/quaternary soccer team for the town is Erani Filiatron.

Filiatra has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a square plateia, a fountain, and banks. The square features forests surrounding the northern and the eastern part and a fountain in the middle. It also includes tables which is connected with a local restaurant and a three-storey clock tower with brown-colored bricks and a clock at the top with a white-colored wall. and The area is covered with hills filled with olive groves and some forests. The Ionian Sea is west of Filiatra.

A reproduction of the Eiffel Tower stands at the entrance to the village.

Communities

• Chalazoni (pop: 250)
• Christianoupoli (pop: 384)
• Exochiko (pop: 196)
• Filiatra
• Mali (pop: 105)
• Plati (pop: 226)

Historical population

Year	Municipal population	Change	Municipal population
1981	5,139	-	-
1991	6,062	923/17.96%	7,753

Famous People

• Nikolaos Lyberopoulos

External links

• Municipal website (in Greek)
• Municipality of Filiatra Internet Portal (in Greek)
• Filiatra Forum (in Greek)
• Filiatra

	North: Kyparissia
West: Ionian Sea	Filiatra	East: Papaflessa
	South: Gargalianoi

See also

• Communities of Messenia