Gargalianoi

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.

Gargalianoi Γαργαλιάνοι
Municipal unit
Cathedral in Gargalianoi
Gargalianoi Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°4′N 21°38′E
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

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

See also

• List of settlements in Messenia