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Gargalianoi Γαργαλιάνοι
Municipal unit
Cathedral in Gargalianoi
Gargalianoi Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°4′N 21°38′E / 37.067°N 21.633°E / 37.067; 21.633
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Municipality	Trifylia
Area
• Municipal unit	122.7 km² (47.4 sq mi)
Elevation	294 m (965 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	6,864
• Municipal unit density	56/km² (140/sq mi)
• Community	4,724
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	244 00
Area code(s)	27630
Vehicle registration	ΚΜ
Website	gargaliani.gr

Gargalianoi (Greek: Γαργαλιάνοι) 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.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 122.680 km².^[3] It is situated 4 km (2.5 mi) from the Ionian Sea coast, 18 km (11 mi) north of Pylos, 21 km (13 mi) south of Kyparissia and 43 km (27 mi) west of Kalamata. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Pylos) passes through the town.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Gargalianoi is subdivided into the following communities:

Floka
Gargalianoi
Lefki (including Tragana)
Marathopoli
Mouzaki
Pyrgos
Valta

Famous inhabitants

Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who later anglicized his name to Theodore Agnew, father of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew^[4]
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

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

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ "Greek Town Welcomes Agnew", by Peter Grose, The New York Times, October 20, 1971, p. 2

External links

gargaliani.gov.gr (in Greek)

Places adjacent to Gargalianoi

Filiatra

Ionian Sea

Gargalianoi

Nestoras