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  |name = Lygia
  |name_local = Λυγιά
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'''Lygia''' ({{langx|el|Λυγιά}}) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of [[Vartholomio]], [[Elis (regional unit)|Elis]], [[Greece]]. The community includes the villages Arkoudi, Glyfa, Ioniki and Paralia. Lygia is situated in the low hills of the southern part of the Kyllini peninsula, 3 km from the [[Ionian Sea]]. It is 4 km southeast of [[Kastro-Kyllini|Kastro]], 4 km east of [[Kastro-Kyllini|Loutra Kyllinis]] and 4 km west of Vartholomio.

Arkoudi is the westernmost village of the community, 4 km southwest of Lygia, on the coast near Loutra Kyllinis. Its population was 77 in 2001. Glyfa is 2 km southwest of Lygia, and had 249 inhabitants in 2001. Paralia is 3 km south of Lygia, on the coast. It had 96 inhabitants. The village Ioniko is adjacent to the east of Paralia, and has no permanent residents.

==Population==
{| class=wikitable
! Year !! Population village !! Community population 
|-
| 1981 || - || 542 
|-
| 1991 || 281 || - 
|-
| 2001 || 276 || 698 
|-
| 2011 || 286 || 787
|-
| 2021 || 277 || 741
|}

==Train station==

The village had a train station on the [[Vartholomio–Loutra Kyllinis railway]], operated by the [[Hellenic State Railways]]. It was located at km 6.156 from [[Vartholomio Railway Station|Vartholomio]]. The station was opened on June 1, 1892 and closed in 1969 along with the railway line.

==See also==
*[[List of settlements in Elis]]

==References==
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{{Vartholomio}}

[[Category:Vartholomio]]
[[Category:Pineios (municipality)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Elis]]