Gorgopotamos
Sign in to saveGorgopotamos () is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lamia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 157.300 km2. It is located 8 km southwest of Lamia and 34 km north of Amfissa. The seat of the municipality was in Moschochori. It is named after the river Gorgopotamos which flows through the municipal unit (its name means in Greek "the rushing river"). The Oiti mountains, a national park, lie to the southwest. The northeastern part of the municipal unit lies i
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Γοργοποτάμου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 420
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Gorgopotamos
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Γοργοπόταμος
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Gorgopotamou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Phthiotis
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Lamia
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 2810
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 380
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 157.3
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 360 00
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΜΙ
- Greek Dimos.website
- dimosgorgopotamou.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Gorgopotamos Bridge 1.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The rail bridge of Gorgopotamos that was blown up by the Greek Resistance during WWII.
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Gorgopotamos () is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lamia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 157.300 km2. It is located 8 km southwest of Lamia and 34 km north of Amfissa. The seat of the municipality was in Moschochori. It is named after the river Gorgopotamos which flows through the municipal unit (its name means in Greek "the rushing river"). The Oiti mountains, a national park, lie to the southwest. The northeastern part of the municipal unit lies in the wide and flat Spercheios valley. The municipal unit of Gorgopotamos borders Lamia to the north and Phocis to the southwest.
==Subdivisions== The municipal unit Gorgopotamos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): Gorgopotamos Damasta (Ano Damasta, Kato Damasta, Chalvantzaiika) Delfino Dyo Vouna Eleftherochori Irakleia Koumaritsi Moschochori Neo Krikello Oiti (Oiti, Skamnos) Vardates (Ano Vardates)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gorgopotamos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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