Gömeniç is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

İvrindi İvrindi is a town and district of Balıkesir Province in the Marmara region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcont ...

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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 village is 27 km from

Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–1922, it was the capital of Karasi. History Close to mo ...

city center and 13 km from

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

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in 1345.

References

Neighbourhoods in İvrindi District {{Balıkesir-geo-stub