Elaeonas or Elaionas (Greek: Ελαιώνας meaning olive grove 'the place where olives grow', before 1949: Τρυπιά - TrypiaName changes of settlements in Greece) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, in the northern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. It is on the Gulf of Corinth, 3 km west of Diakopto and 9 km southeast of Aigio. Two main roadsthe A8 motorway and EO8 road (Athens–Corinth–Patras) pass south of the village. The community consists of the villages Elaionas, Metochi and Terpsithea.
The village lies between the river of Vouraikos and Selinountas in the foothills of Mount Marathia. According to Pausanias, travelers could visit the caverns of Heracles in those foothills. A small marked path off the EO8 road leads you to these caves.
Population
Year Village population Community population 1981 655 - 1991 784 856 2001 767 812 2011 671 712 2021 556 673
See also List of settlements in Achaea
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