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Country
  
Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Vehicle registration
  
ΡΙ

Local time
  
Thursday 9:23 PM

Municipality
  
Regional unit
  
Districts
  
4

Postal code
  
GR-400 04

Elevation
  
94 m

Area code
  
24950

Administrative region
  
Gonnoi

Weather
  
10°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 62% Humidity

Gonnoi (Greek: Γόννοι, before 1927: Δερελί - Dereli) is a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tempi, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,462 (2011). The municipal unit has an area of 113.333 km2. The municipality was created under the Kapodistrias Law in 1997 out of the former communes of Gonnoi, Kallipefki, Itea and Elaia.

Contents

Map of G%C3%B3nnoi 400 04, Greece

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Gonnoi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Gonnoi (Gonnoi, Elaia)
  • Itea
  • Kallipefki
  • History

    The ancient city of Gonnoi was situated in a hillside near the contemporary Gonnoi, now called "Kastri" (i.e. castle). The area was consecutively ruled by the Kingdom of Macedonia, the Roman, the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires. With most of Thessaly, Gonnoi became a part of Greece in 1881.

    References

    Gonnoi Wikipedia


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