Country Greece Lowest elevation 70 m (230 ft) Vehicle registration KM Area code 27220 Administrative region Peloponnese Regional unit Messenia | Highest elevation 80 m (260 ft) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Friday 4:40 PM Municipality Messini Municipal unit Messini | |
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Weather 18°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 50% Humidity | ||
Avramiou is a village in Messenia, southern Greece. It was built before 1816; it had 32 families then. During the Turkish occupation, it was a village of Koroni province, and became a village of Messini province and capital of Leukothea Municipality ( now defunct) in 1835. In August 1840, Avramiou became a village of Aristomenis Municipality; it was almost destroyed by earthquakes in 1846. The primary school of Avramiou was founded in 1860. Ten years after, Avramiou became the capital of Aristomeni Municipality. Today, it is a community of the municipality Messini. The community contains the villages Drakoneri, Agios Avgoustinos and Avramiou. In 2011, the population for Avramiou village was 334, and 466 for the community.
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Map of Avramiou 241 00, Greece
Location
Avramiou is 10 km from Messini and 5.5 km from the beach. Some villages near Avramiou are: Lefkochora, Lykotrafos, Madena, Neochori, and Strefi.