Messapia ( el, Μεσσάπια) is a former municipality in

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

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

Dirfys-Messapia Dirfys-Messapia ( el, Δίρφυς-Μεσσάπια) is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Psachna. The municipality has an area of 777.420 km2. Municipality The municipali ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 433.26 km². Its name derives from the ancient river Messapios, which runs in the middle of the island. Population 13,327 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in

Psachna Psachna ( el, Ψαχνά) is a small Greek town in Euboea, 16 km north of Chalcis. It is built in a small plain in the central-west part of the island. Psachna is the seat of Dirfys-Messapia municipality and the seat of Messapia regional unit. Th ...

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Populated places in Euboea {{CentralGreece-geo-stub