Papaflessas, Messenia
Papaflessas
Παπαφλέσσας | |
|---|---|
Location within the regional unit | |
Papaflessas | |
| Coordinates: 37°01′N 21°47′E / 37.017°N 21.783°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Messenia |
| Municipality | Pylos-Nestor |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 42.1 km2 (16.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Municipal unit | 1,120 |
| • Municipal unit density | 26.6/km2 (68.9/sq mi) |
| • Community | 39 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΜ |
Papaflessas (Greek: Παπαφλέσσας, before 1915: Κοντογόνι - Kontogoni) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestor, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 42.137 km2. Population 1,120 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Vlachopoulo.
It comprises five communities (τοπική κοινότητα): Vlachopoulo, Metamorfosi, Maniaki, Papaflessas, and Margeli. It was named after the Greek priest and revolutionary Papaflessas.