Messapia () is a former municipality in

Euboea Euboea ( ; , ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( ; , ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by ...

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

Dirfys-Messapia Dirfys-Messapia () is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Central Greece, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land border ...

municipality, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 433.26 km² and a population of 12,048 (2021). Its name derives from the ancient river Messapios, which flows through the middle of the island. The seat of the municipality was in Psachna.

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Populated places in Euboea Dirfys-Messapia {{CentralGreece-geo-stub