Gargalianoi
Gargalianoi is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 122.680 km 2.
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Overview
Overview
It is situated 4 km from the Ionian Sea coast, 18 km north of Pylos, 21 km south of Kyparissia and 43 km west of Kalamata. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Pylos) passes through the town.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gargalianoi • Native Name — Γαργαλιάνοι • Type — municipal unit • Periph — Peloponnese • Periphunit — Messenia • Municipality — Trifylia • Pop Municunit — 6864 • Pop Community — 4724 • Population As Of — 2021 • Area Municunit — 122.7 • Elevation M — 294 • Postal Code — 244 00 • Area Code — 27630 • Licence — ΚΜ • Website — gargaliani.gr
Subdivisions
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Gargalianoi is subdivided into the following communities: • Floka • Gargalianoi • Lefki (including Tragana) • Marathopoli • Mouzaki • Pyrgos • Valta
Famous inhabitants
Famous inhabitants
• Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who later anglicized his name to Theodore Agnew, father of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew • Tellos Agras, Officer of the Hellenic Army during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia • Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem, born Ηλίας Γιαννόπουλος in Gargalianoi in 1952
Historical population
Historical population
• Year — Town population — Municipality population • 1981 — 5,430 — - • 1991 — 5,184 — 7,609 • 2001 — 5,970 — 9,083 • 2011 — 5,569 — 7,940 • 2021 — 4,724 — 6,864
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Government Gazette. ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities.
- 2.National Statistical Service of Greece. Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation).
- 3."Greek Town Welcomes Agnew", by Peter Grose, The New York Times, October 20, 1971, p. 2
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