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Gargalianoi (Greek: Γαργαλιάνοι) is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 122.680 km2. It is situated 4 km (2.5 mi) from the Ionian Sea coast, 18 km (11 mi) north of Pylos, 21 km (13 mi) south of Kyparissia and 43 km (27 mi) west of Kalamata. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Pylos) passes through the town.




Subdivisions


The municipal unit Gargalianoi is subdivided into the following communities:

Floka
Gargalianoi
Lefki (including Tragana)
Marathopoli
Mouzaki
Pyrgos
Valta




Famous inhabitants


Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who later anglicized his name to Theodore Agnew, father of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew
Tellos Agras, Officer of the Hellenic Army during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem, born Ηλίας Γιαννόπουλος in Gargalianoi in 1952




Historical population






See also


List of settlements in Messenia




References






External links


gargaliani.gov.gr (in Greek)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Spiro Agnew
• Gargalianoi
• Pyrgos, Gargalianoi
• Filiatra
• Messenia
• Telephone numbers in Greece
• List of settlements in Messenia
• Proti Island
• Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
• Spiro Agnew
• List of municipalities and communities in Greece (1997–2010)