Gomfoi
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Gomfoi (Greek: Γόμφοι, before 1930: Ραψίστα - Rapsista; ) 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. The municipal unit has an area of 58.482km2. Population 4,097 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Lygaria. Gomfoi is located in Thessalian Plain, near the river Pamisos. It is 5km northeast of Mouzaki, and 12km southwest of the city of Trikala. A town existed on the site of present Gomfoi in ancient times, which was renamed Philippoupol
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Place details
- Locality
- Γόμφοι
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 4,097
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Gomfoi
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Γόμφοι
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Gomfon.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Thessaly
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Trikala
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Pyli
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 4097
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 818
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 58.5
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΤΚ
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 962
- Elevation
- 139
- Dialing code
- 2434
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- native label
- Γόμφοι
- postal code
- 42100
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Gomfoi (Greek: Γόμφοι, before 1930: Ραψίστα - Rapsista; ) 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. The municipal unit has an area of 58.482km2. Population 4,097 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Lygaria. Gomfoi is located in Thessalian Plain, near the river Pamisos. It is 5km northeast of Mouzaki, and 12km 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 modern Greece in 1881.
==History== Ancient Gomfoi - Gomphi in classical sources - was a town of Histiaeotis in Ancient Thessaly, situated upon a tributary of the Peneius, and near the frontiers of Athamania and Dolopia. Its position made it a place of historical importance, since it guarded two of the chief passes into the Thessalian plains: "that of Musáki, distant two miles (three km), which was the exit from Dolopia, and the pass of Portes, at a distance of four miles (six km), which led into Athamania, and through that province to Ambracia."
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