Xylokastro

Demographic figures from ELSTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

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Chaeron of Pellene

4th-century BC wrestler and tyrant of Pellene

Panagis Tsaldaris

Greek politician (1868-1936)

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Sostratus of Pellene

runner and Olympic winner

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Promachus of Pellene

ancient Olympic pankration victor, 404 BCE

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Vlassis Bonatsos

Greek actor, singer and presenter (1949–2004)

Ioannis Garezos

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Kōnstantinos Th. Rentēs

Greek politician, lawyer and diplomat

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Athanasios Papachristopoulos

Greek politician

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Phrikias of Pelinna

ancient Olympic competitor

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Phanas of Pellene

Olympic stadion victor 512 BCE

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Sotiris Aggelopoulos

Greek association football player (1934-1997)

V

Vangelis Dimitreas

Greek painter (1934–2019)

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Penelope Markellou

Greek computer scientist

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Ioannis A Koutrouvelis

Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo 1975

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Myrsini Santorinaiou

Greek painter (1926–1988)

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Ioannis Panoutsopoulos

Greek revolutionary

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Peloponnese

• Μερτικαίικα
  1.2 mi away
• Kariotika
  1.3 mi away
• Συκιά
  1.7 mi away
• Μελίσσι
  3.5 mi away
• Ρίζα
  3.5 mi away
• Καμάρι
  3.5 mi away
• Mikros Baltos
  4.3 mi away
• Megas Baltos
  5.1 mi away
• Πελλήνη
  5.2 mi away
• Paralia
  5.6 mi away · pop. 73
• Κάτω Διμηνιό
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,198
• Souli
  6.3 mi away

Browse all places in Peloponnese →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Recently spotted species

Codringtonia intusplicata

Codringtonia intusplicata

Seen 2026-05-09

Spiny Broom

Calicotome villosa

Seen 2026-05-03

Variospora aurantia

Variospora aurantia

Seen 2026-05-01

Eulasia pareyssei

Eulasia pareyssei

Seen 2026-05-01

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-04-14

Idaea filicata

Idaea filicata

Seen 2026-04-13

Citrus Looper

Ascotis selenaria

Seen 2026-04-13

Lampyrini

Lampyrini

Seen 2026-04-12

Yellow-legged Pachyiulus

Pachyiulus flavipes

Seen 2026-04-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Xylokastro, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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