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* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=13346 Gomfi (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages] |
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* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=13347 Gomfi (town) on GTP Travel Pages] |
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=13347 Gomfi (town) on GTP Travel Pages] |
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*'''Map and aerial photos''': |
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**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.4715&longitude=21.6926&zoom=6 Mapquest], [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.4715&lons1=21.6926&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.4715,21.6926 Google] or[http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.4715&lon=21.6926&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps] |
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**Satellite images: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.4715,21.6926&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.4715|21.6926&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available |
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*Coordinates: {{coord|39|27|12|N|21|41|28|E|type_town_(1,096)_municipalitu_(5,156)_region:GR|display=inline,title}} |
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Revision as of 16:51, 23 August 2008
| Municipality of Gomfoi or Gomfi Δήμος Γόμφων Dimos Gomfon | |
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Prefecture: | Trikala |
| Province: | Trikala |
| Municipality: | Gomfoi (seat) |
| Municipal district: | Gomfoi (seat) |
| Number of municipal districts: | 6 |
| Location: Latitude: Longitude: |
39.4715 (39° 27' 12") N 21.6926 (21° 41' 28") E |
| Population: (2001) -Municipality (Change) -Town -Percent of the municipality -Percent of the prefecture |
5,154 (-21.26% from 1991) 1,096 21.26% 3.73% |
| Altitude: -lowest: -centre: |
about 110 m 135 m about 800 to 1,000 m (west) |
| Postal code: | GR-421 00 |
| Car designation: | TK |
Gomfoi or Gomfi (Greek: Γόμφοι) is a municipality in the Trikala Prefecture, Greece. Population 5,154 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Lygaria. Gomfoi is located near Mouzaki. The Pindus mountains lies to the west. Gomfoi is located southwest of the prefectural capital of Trikala and is also connected with the main road with that city. Gomfoi is one of several municipalities in the prefecture and the country in which it does not have settlements. The Thessalian Plain dominates the eastern portion.
Nearest places
- Palaiomonastiri, west
- Pigi, northwest
Municipal districts
- Drosero
- Gomfoi (2001 pop: 1,096)
- Lygaria
- Mouria
- Palaiomonastiri
- Pigi
Population
| Year | Settlement population | Change | Municipal population | Change | Percent of the municipality | Percent of the prefecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,187 | -120 or -9.94% | 5,484 | - | - | |
| 2001 | 1,096 | -91 or -7.67% | 5,154 | -330 or -6.02 | 21.26% | 3.73% |
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world.
History
Gomfoi was founded during the ancient times, it was later renamed Philippopolis (Greek, Ancient: Φιλιππούπολις, Modern: Φιλιππούπολη) during the years of Philip II of Macedon. It was later renamed Gomfoi. Gomfoi was later run by the Romans, the Byzantines and last the Ottomans before joining the rest of Greece in 1881 after Thessaly was liberated. Gomfoi boomed its economy. Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.
Other
Gomfi has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office and a square (plateia), its nearest hospital is in Trikala.
See also
External links
39°28′N 21°42′E / 39.467°N 21.700°E
| Northwest: Pialeio | North: Pialeio | Northeast: Trikalattntf |
| West: Pyndaio | Gomfoi | East: Megal Kalyvi |
| South: Mouzaki |