Frixa
title: "Frixa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-elis", "andritsaina-krestena", "skillounta", "cities-in-ancient-peloponnese"] topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frixa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Frixa |
| name_local | Φρίξα |
| type | community |
| coordinates | |
| periph | West Greece |
| periphunit | Elis |
| municipality | Andritsaina-Krestena |
| municunit | Skillounta |
| pop_community | 301 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| :: |
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Frixa (, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - Anemochorakion) 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
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| 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.
References
References
- [http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/168988 Name changes of settlements in Greece]
- [[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]] ''Description of Greece'' 6.21
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