Pyli (pyli)

Local community Pyli Τοπική Κοινότητα Πύλης (Πύλη)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	Thessaly
Regional district	Trikala
local community	Pyli
Parish	Pyli
Geographic coordinates	39 ° 28 ′  N , 21 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′  N , 21 ° 37 ′  E
Height above d. M.	230  m
surface	17,478 km²
Residents	1873 (2011)
LAU-1 code no.	26030101
Local division	1
Vissarion Bridge at Pyli

Pyli ( Greek Πύλη ( f. Sg. )) Is a small town and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name in the Greek region of Thessaly . Until 1928 the place was called Porta Pazar.

location

The small town of Pyli is located about 17 km southwest of Trikala on the southern bank of the Portaikos at its entry into the fertile Thessalian plain. On the opposite side of the river is Agios Vissarion.

history

Together with the monasteries of Dousikou and Gouras, today's local community was founded in 1912 as the rural community of Porta Pazar (Κοινότητα Πόρτα Παζάρ). The name was changed to Pyli in 1928. The rural municipality of Pyli received municipal status in 1946. On the occasion of the municipal reform in 1997 , this was initially merged with six rural municipalities in what was then the municipality of Pyli and received the status of a local community in the newly founded municipality of Pyli with the administrative reform in 2010 .

Population development of Pyli

Surname	Greek name	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Pyli	Πύλη	0937	1089	1250	1476	1502	1759	1852	1974	1839	1873
Moni Gouras	Μονή Γκούρας	0003	0003	0002	0003	0001	0002	0005	0009
Moni Dosikou	Μονή Δουσίκου	0008th	0011	0006th	0012	0003	0006th	0007th	0008th
total		948	1103	1258	1491	1506	1767	1864	1991	1839	1873

traffic

For many centuries, Pyli was considered a place of great strategic importance. The Vissarion Bridge from late Byzantine times over the Portaikos was the only connection from the Thessalian plain to the Pindus villages and to Epirus. The construction of the trunk road from Arta to Trikala through the valley of the Portaikos and the Kondili bridge near Pyli enabled motor traffic to enter the area from 1936.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 81 (PDF, 793 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
3. ↑ Πόρτα Παζάρ - Πύλη, Μετονομασίες των οικισμών της Ελλάδας (English, Greek)
4. ↑ Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). Volume 2 (Τόμος Β, λ – ω), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , p. 341.
5. ↑ Κεντρική Ένωση Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων Ελλάδας (ΚΕΔΚΕ) Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΕΤΑΑ) (ed.): Λεξικό Διοικητικών Μεταβολών των Δήμων και Κοινοτήτων (1912-2001). Volume 2 (Τόμος Β, λ – ω), Athens 2002, ISBN 960-7509-47-1 , p. 362
6. ^ Population development of Pyli 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek); Census 2011
7. ↑ Γέφυρα Πορταϊκού (Greek)
8. ↑ M. Karaveziroglou, E. Karayianni, E. Stavrakakis & A. Vaggelakos: A Small Valley In Greece And Its Bridges Throughout The Centuries. In: Advances in Architecture: Eighth International Conference on Structural Studies, Repairs, and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture, STREMAH VIII Volume 15, Southampton 2003, ISSN 1743-3509, pp. 607f, 612.