Papaflessas, Messenia

Papaflessas
Παπαφλέσσας
Papaflessas
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°01′N 21°47′E / 37.017°N 21.783°E / 37.017; 21.783
CountryGreece
Administrative regionPeloponnese
Regional unitMessenia
MunicipalityPylos-Nestor
Area
  Municipal unit42.1 km2 (16.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Municipal unit
1,120
  Municipal unit density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
  Community
39
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΜ

Papaflessas (Greek: Παπαφλέσσας, before 1915: Κοντογόνι - Kontogoni) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestor, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 42.137 km2. Population 1,120 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Vlachopoulo.

It comprises five communities (τοπική κοινότητα): Vlachopoulo, Metamorfosi, Maniaki, Papaflessas, and Margeli. It was named after the Greek priest and revolutionary Papaflessas.