Pelopio Πελόπιο
Community
Pelopio
Coordinates: 37°40′N 21°35′E / 37.667°N 21.583°E / 37.667; 21.583
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Archaia Olympia
Municipal unit	Archaia Olympia
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	944
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Pelopio (Greek: Πελόπιο, before 1928: Κριεκούκι - Kriekouki^[2]) is a settlement in the municipality of Ancient Olympia, Elis, Greece. Pelopio is 3 km east of Smila, 4 km northwest of Olympia and 5 km southwest of Chelidoni. The Greek National Road 74 (Pyrgos - Tripoli) passes south of the village.

History

The village was founded in the 15th century during the Ottoman rule. It was founded by Turkish-Albanians who named it originally "Kriekouki" which means "red head" in their language. In 1928 it was renamed to Pelopio^[2] after Pelops, the mythical king of Pisa. Pelopio suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires and from a tornado on 3 November 2009.^[3]

Population

Persons

• Vyron Davos, writer, mainly wrote about Elis and its history