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Arfara

Municipal unit in Greece

Arfara Αρφαρά
Municipal unit
37°09′N 22°02′E / 37.150°N 22.033°E / 37.150; 22.033
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Municipality	Kalamata
Area
• Municipal unit	87.615 km² (33.828 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	2,364
• Municipal unit density	27/km² (70/sq mi)
• Community	1,164
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΜ

Arfara (Greek: Αρφαρά) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalamata, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 87.615 km².^[3] Population 2,364 (2021). The village of Arfara lies about 15 km from Kalamata. Its name is taken from the first people who lived in Upper Arfara, the Arfaras, some of whom still live in Simi and Rodos. It was the seat of the former Arfara municipality. Arfara has 4 small areas called Servia, Lafazaneika, Skomara and Karagiorgaika.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Arfara is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Agios Floros (Agios Floros, Christofilaiika)
Agrilos
Arfara (Arfara, Agios Konstantinos, Ano Arfara)
Pidima
Platy
Stamatinou (Stamatinou, Pelekito)
Velanidia
Vromovrisi (Vromovrisi, Ano Vromovrisi, Dremi, Krasopoula)

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.