Papaflessas, Messenia


Papaflessas is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 42.137 km2. Population 1,316. The seat of the municipality was in Vlachopoulo.
It comprises five communities : Vlachopoulo, Metamorfosi, Maniaki, Papaflessas, and Margeli. It was named after the Greek priest and revolutionary Papaflessas.