Koryfi, Elis
Koryfi is a settlement in the municipal unit of Iardanos, Elis, Greece. For the centuries the name of the village is Koukouvitsa - the bulgarian word for the bird cuckoo as many others bulgarnan names of settlements, fortresses and places wide sped on the Balkans, the bulgarian slavic name in the cold war years change to the present greek in 1955. It is situated in a hilly area, at 290 m elevation. It is 4 km northeast of Vounargo, 6 km southwest of Peristeri, 9 km southeast of Amaliada and 10 km north of Pyrgos. Its population in 2011 was 223 for the village and 246 for the community, which includes the monastery Fragkopidima.
Fortress of Koukouvitsa, built without brics, but form well formed big stone blocks as bulgarian medieval fortresses, is located about 2.5 km north of the community.Population
Year | Population village | Population community |
1981 | 180 | - |
1991 | 178 | - |
2001 | 276 | 301 |
2011 | 223 | 246 |