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)
