Gonnoi

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Gonnoi
Γόννοι
Flag of Gonnoi
Location
Gonnoi (Greece)
Gonnoi
Coordinates 39°52′N 22°28′E / 39.867, 22.467Coordinates: 39°52′N 22°28′E / 39.867, 22.467
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 60 - 90 m (197 - 295 ft)
Government
Country: Greece
Periphery: Thessaly
Prefecture: Larissa
Districts: 4
Population statistics (as of 2001[1])
City Proper
 - Population: 3,119
Codes
Postal: GR-400 04
Area: 24950
Auto: ΡΙ
Website
http://www.gonnoi-dimos.gr

Gonnoi or Gonni (Greek: Γόννοι), Roman and Ancient form: Gonnus, Greek form: Gonnos is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. Population 3,119 (2001),.The municipality was created under the Kapodistrias Law in 1997 out of the former communes of Gonnoi, Kallipefki, Itea and Elia.

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[edit] Nearest places


[edit] Municipal districts

The municipality of Gonnoi consists of the following villages:

  • Elia
  • Gonnoi (the capital)
  • Itea
  • Kallipefki






[edit] Population

Year Settlement population Change Municipal district population Municipal population Change Percent of the municipal
district
Percent of the municipality Percent of the prefecture
1981 2,660 - - - - - - -
1991 2,443 -217 or -8.16% - 3,622 - - - -
2001 2,190 -253 or -10.36% 2,288 3,119 +94 or +28.7% 95.72% 70.21% (town)
73.36% (municipal district)
1.12%

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world, the population declined between 1981 and 2001.

[edit] Ancient Gonnoi

In a hillside near the contemporary Gonnoi, called "Kastri" (ie castle), lies the ancient city of Gonnoi.

[edit] History

The area was later ruled by the Kingdom of Macedonia, the Roman, the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires, the final non-Greek rule lasted for several years, its name during the Ottoman rule was Dereli (Δερελή or Ντερελή), it saw the Greek War of Independence of 1821 to end its struggle but they lost and continued until 1881. Gonnoi fully became a part of Greece after liberating much of Thessaly in 1881, when Greeks from near places came to replace Turks that moved away. Its main income has been poor. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many buildings were rebuilt, several remain and repaired. Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

[edit] Other

Gonnoi has a school, a lyceum (high school), a gymnasium (secondary school) and primary school (Dimotiko) a few churches,a folklore museum, bank, a post office and a square (plateia), and Health Center (primitive health care).

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Municipal districts of the municipality of Gonnoi or Goni
Gonnoi or Goni (Elia | Itea | Kallipefki
Greece | Thessaly | Karditsa | Larissa | Gonnoi or Goni


Coordinates: 39°52′N, 22°28′E

For more information, see Larissa Prefecture.