Dervenochoria ( el, Δερβενοχώρια) is a former municipality in

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its lar ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Tanagra Tanagra ( el, Τανάγρα) is a town and a municipality north of Athens in Boeotia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Schimatari. It is not far from Thebes, and it was noted in antiquity for the figurines named after it. The Ta ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. In 2011 its population was 1,869. The municipal unit has an area of 222.938 km². It covers the southernmost portion of Boeotia. The main village is

Pyli Pyli ( el, Πύλη) is a municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Greece. Situated 18 km west of Trikala, right at the bottom of two mountains Itamos, and Koziakas, which mark the beginning of the Pindos mountainline, Pyli marks the entra ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Dervenochoria is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Dafni *

(Pyli, Panaktos, Prasino) * Skourta * Stefani

History

The municipality was created in 1997. Most of Dervenochoria was hit by a devastating wildfire (see 2007 Greek forest fires) on Thursday June 28, 2007 that came from

Parnitha Mount Parnitha ( ell, Πάρνηθα, , Katharevousa and grc, Πάρνης ''Parnis''/''Parnes''; sometimes Parnetha) is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and ...

westward. Some damages to property including houses and buildings were reported. The aftermath was that much of the forest turned into an ashy landscape that may take years to restore its natural beauty.

References

External links

Dervenochori on the GTP Travel Pages
{{Dervenochori Populated places in Boeotia