Gomfoi
Γόμφοι | |
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Coordinates: 39°27′N 21°41′E / 39.450°N 21.683°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Thessaly |
Regional unit | Trikala |
Municipality | Pyli |
Area | |
• Municipal unit | 58.5 km2 (22.6 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• 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 |
Gomfoi (Greek: Γόμφοι, before 1930: Ραψίστα - Rapsista;[2] 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.[3] The municipal unit has an area of 58.482 km2.[4] 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.