Gomfoi
Gomfoi (Greek: Γόμφοι, before 1930: Ραψίστα - Rapsista[1]) is a village and a former municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pyli, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] Population 5,154 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Lygaria. Gomfoi is located in Thessalian Plain, near the river Pamisos. It is 5 km northeast of Mouzaki, and 12 km southwest of the city of Trikala. A town existed on the site of present Gomfoi in ancient times, which was renamed Philippoupolis (Greek: Φιλιππούπολις) during the reign of Philip II of Macedon. The area joined Greece in 1881.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Gomfoi is subdivided into the following communities:
- Drosero
- Gomfoi (2001 pop: 1,096)
- Lygaria
- Mouria
- Palaiomonastiri
- Pigi
Population
| Year |
Settlement population |
Municipality population |
| 1981 |
1,207 |
- |
| 1991 |
1,187 |
5,484 |
| 2001 |
1,096 |
5,154 |
See also
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References
Subdivisions of the municipality of Pyli |
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| Municipal unit of Aithikes |
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| Municipal unit of Gomfoi |
Drosero · Gomfoi · Lygaria · Mouria · Palaiomonastiri · Pigi |
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| Municipal unit of Myrofyllo |
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| Municipal unit of Neraida |
Armatoliko · Koryfi · Neraida · Pachtouri |
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| Municipal unit of Pialeia |
Eleftherochori · Fiki · Filyra · Parapotamos · Pialeia |
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| Municipal unit of Pyli |
Agios Vissarion · Agios Prokopios · Kotroni · Palaiokarya · Petrochori · Pyli · Ropoto |
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| Municipal unit of Pynda |
Livadochori · Mesochora · Moschofyto · Nea Pefki · Paramero · Polyneri · Stournaraiika · Valkano · Vathyrrevma |
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