Pyrgos
Πύργος | |
|---|---|
 View of the village, with the tower hill in the background | |
  Pyrgos | |
| Coordinates: 38°30′56″N 23°02′04″E / 38.51556°N 23.03444°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Greece |
| Regional unit | Boeotia |
| Municipality | Orchomenus |
| Municipal unit | Orchomenus |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 53 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος Βοιωτίας) is a small village in Boeotia, possible site of Homeric Nisa (Iliad 2.508). [2] It is named after a ruined medieval tower, with a notable Mycenaean element, that overlooks the village from a nearby hill. The hill is dedicated to Agia Marina Pyrgos, or St. Marina of Pyrgos. The town forms part of the municipality of Orchomenos.
| Population[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1940 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
| Inhabitants | 317 | 382 | 292 | 249 | 210 | 205 | 221 |
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Reese, Steve. 2009. Homer's Winged Words. Brill, pp. 172-180.
- ^ National Research Foundation of Greece, Population evolution of Livadeia Province