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Pyrgos, Gargalianoi
Pyrgos ( el, Πύργος, also Πύργος Τριφυλίας - ''Pyrgos Trifylias'') is a village in the municipality Trifylia, Peloponnese, Greece. Between 1912 and 1997, when it joined Gargalianoi Gargalianoi ( el, Γαργαλιάνοι) is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has ..., it was an independent community. The village has one elementary school and one kindergarten, 7 churches, a central square with many cafe and bars, post office, and a super market. The sporting facility is to the west, named "Miltiadis Stadium". The village is surrounded with hills covered with olive trees and grapevines. Historical population References See also * List of settlements in Messenia {{Trifylia div Populated places in Messenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peloponnese (region)
The Peloponnese Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, translit=Periféria Peloponnísou, ) is a region in southern Greece. It borders Western Greece to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about . It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis which belong to Western Greece and a small portion of the Argolid peninsula that is part of Attica. Administration The Peloponnese Region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2011 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with the Western Greece and Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Tripoli and is divided into five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), * Arcadia, * Argolis, * Corinthia, * Laconia and * Messenia, which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (''nomos'') covering the same territory. The capital and largest city of Messenia is Kalamata. Geography Physical Messenia borders on Elis to the north, Arcadia to the northeast, and Laconia to the southeast. The Ionian Sea lies to the west, and the Gulf of Messinia to the south. The most important mountain ranges are the Taygetus in the east, the Kyparissia mountains in the northwest and the Lykodimo in the southwest. The main rivers are the Neda in the north and the Pamisos in central Messenia. Off the south coast of the southwesternmost point of Messenia lie the Messinian Oinousses islands. The largest of these are Sapientza, Schiza and Venetiko. The small island Sphacteria closes off the bay of Pylos. All thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trifylia
Trifylia ( el, Τριφυλία) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge whi ..., Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia. The municipality has an area of 616.019 km2. It was named after the ancient Triphylia region. Municipality The municipality Trifylia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Aetos, Messenia, Aetos *Avlonas, Messenia, Avlonas *Filiatra *Gargalianoi *Kyparissia *Tripyla Province The province of Trifylia ( el, Επαρχία Τριφυλίας) was one of the provinces of Greece, provinces of the Messenia Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Trifylia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gargalianoi
Gargalianoi ( el, Γαργαλιάνοι) is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 122.680 km2. It is situated from the Ionian Sea coast, north of Pylos, south of Kyparissia and west of Kalamata. The Greek National Road 9 ( Patras - Pyrgos - Pylos) passes through the town. Subdivisions The municipal unit Gargalianoi is subdivided into the following communities: * Floka *Gargalianoi * Lefki * Marathopoli * Mouzaki * Pyrgos * Valta * Tragana Famous inhabitants * Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who later anglicized his name to Theodore Agnew, father of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew"Greek Town Welcomes Agnew", by Peter Grose, ''The New York Times'', October 20, 1971, p. 2 * Tellos Agras, Officer of the Hellenic Army during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia * Theophilos III of Jerusalem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Messenia
This is a list of settlements in Messenia, Greece. * Achladochori * Adriani * Aetos * Agaliani * Agios Floros * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Nikon * Agios Sostis * Agrilia * Agrilia * Agrilos * Agrilovouno * Aithaia * Akritochori * Alagonia * Alonia * Altomira * Amfeia * Amfithea * Ammos * Ampeliona * Ampelofyto * Ampelokipoi * Analipsi * Andania * Androusa * Anemomylos * Ano Dorio * Ano Melpeia * Antheia * Anthousa * Antikalamos * Archaia Messini * Arfara * Ariochori * Aris * Aristodimio * Aristomenis * Armenioi * Arsinoi * Artemisia * Artiki * Asprochoma * Aspropoulia * Avia * Avlonas * Avramiou * Chalazoni * Chalkias * Chandrinos * Charakopio * Charavgi * Chatzis * Chomatada * Chora * Chranoi * Christianoupoli * Chrysochori * Chrysokellaria * Daras * Dasochori * Desyllas * Diavolitsi * Diodia * Doloi * Dorio * Draina * Drosia * Elaia * Elaiochori * Ellinoekklisia * Eva * Evangelismos * Exochiko * Exochori * Falanthi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouzaki
Mouzaki ( el, Μουζάκι) is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Mouzaki is located on the southwestern edge of the Thessalian plain, where the river Pamisos descends from the Agrafa mountains. It is 17 km southwest of Trikala and 24 km northwest of Karditsa Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly. Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the .... The Greek National Road 30 ( Arta - Trikala - Karditsa - Volos) passes north of the town. In 2020, Mouzaki was heavily effected by the medicane known as Cyclone Ianos. The town was flooded for several days. Municipality The municipality Mouzaki was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Ithomi *Mouzaki * Pamisos Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestoras
Nestoras ( el, Δήμος Νέστορος) is a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestor Pylos-Nestoras ( el, Δήμος Πύλου - Νέστορος) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Pylos. The municipality has an area of 554.265 km2. Municipality The mu ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 91.902 km2. Population 5,042 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Chora. References Populated places in Messenia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
