Trikeri

Trikeri (, Tríkeri) is a town and a former community in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Pelion, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies at the westernmost point of the hook-like Pelion Peninsula on the Pagasetic Gulf. It also includes the offshore islands of Palaio Trikeri and Alatas. The municipal unit has a total population of 992 inhabitants (2021 census), and a land area of . Its largest settlements are the towns of Trikeri and Agia Kyriaki (), both on the mainland.

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Locality: Δημοτική Ενότητα Τρικερίου
Region: Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας
Country: Ελλάς
Population: 992
Timezone: Europe/Athens

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Greek Dimos.name: Trikeri
Greek Dimos.name_local: Τρίκερι
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Paleo Trikeri.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: Satellite view of Trikeri
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Trikeriou.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: Thessaly
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Magnesia
Greek Dimos.municipality: South Pelion
Greek Dimos.population: 992
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area: 26.8
Greek Dimos.licence: ΒΟ

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From 1947 the island of Trikeri was used as a concentration camp for female left-wing political prisoners during the Greek Civil War. The women and children were relatives of members of the EAM-ELAS, the resistance forces which had fought against fascist occupation during World War II.

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