Gomfoi
Gomfoi (Greek: Γόμφοι, before 1930: Ραψίστα - Rapsista; Latin: Gomphi) 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 58.482 km2. Population 4,097 (2021). 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 modern Greece in 1881.
Gomfoi
Γόμφοι | |
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Municipal unit | |
Gomfoi Location within the regional unit | |
| Coordinates: 39°27′N 21°41′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Trikala |
| Municipality | Pyli |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 58.5 km2 (22.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Municipal unit | 4,097 |
| • Municipal unit density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| • Community | 818 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΤΚ |
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