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Lygia Λυγιά
Community
Lygia
Coordinates: 37°52′N 21°09′E / 37.867°N 21.150°E / 37.867; 21.150
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Pineios
Municipal unit	Vartholomio
Population
• Community	741
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Lygia (Greek: Λυγιά) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Vartholomio, Elis, Greece. The community includes the villages Arkoudi, Glyfa, Ioniki and Paralia. Lygia is situated in the low hills of the southern part of the Kyllini peninsula, 3 km from the Ionian Sea. It is 4 km southeast of Kastro, 4 km east of Loutra Kyllinis and 4 km west of Vartholomio.

Arkoudi is the westernmost village of the community, 4 km southwest of Lygia, on the coast near Loutra Kyllinis. Its population was 77 in 2001. Glyfa is 2 km southwest of Lygia, and had 249 inhabitants in 2001. Paralia is 3 km south of Lygia, on the coast. It had 96 inhabitants. The village Ioniko is adjacent to the east of Paralia, and has no permanent residents.

Population

Train station

The village had a train station on the Vartholomio–Loutra Kyllinis railway, operated by the Hellenic State Railways. It was located at km 6.156 from Vartholomio. The station was opened on June 1, 1892 and closed in 1969 along with the railway line.

See also

• List of settlements in Elis

References

1. "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.

• Vartholomio
• Pineios (municipality)
• Populated places in Elis