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Gömeniç is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of
İvrindi İvrindi is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 818 km2, and its population is 31,512 (2022). The mayor is Önder Lapanta (Good Party, İYİ). Composition There are 69 mahalle, neighbou ...
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Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ...
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. Its population is 156 (2022). The village is at an
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of 287 m (941 ft) above the
Sea of Marmara The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea entirely within the borders of Turkey. It links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, separating Turkey's E ...
. The village is 27 km from Balıkesir city center and 13 km from
İvrindi İvrindi is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 818 km2, and its population is 31,512 (2022). The mayor is Önder Lapanta (Good Party, İYİ). Composition There are 69 mahalle, neighbou ...
town. Gömeniç takes its name from the Gömeniç Castle, but in antiquity was known as Pionia. The village was a
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of a
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during late antiquity and fell to the
Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks () were a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group in Anatolia. Originally from Central Asia, they migrated to Anatolia in the 13th century and founded the Ottoman Empire, in which they remained socio-politically dominant for the e ...
in 1345.


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Neighbourhoods in İvrindi District {{Balıkesir-geo-stub