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Messini
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Messini (, before 1867: Νησί Nisi) is a municipal unit (dimotiki enotita) and the seat town (edra) of the municipality (dimos) of Messini within the regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) of Messenia in the region (perifereia) of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided. Before 2011 the same hierarchy prevailed, according to Law 2539 of 1997, the Kapodistrias Plan, except that Messenia was a nomos and the Municipal unit was a locality (topiko diamerisma). The dimos existed under both laws, but not with the same constituents.
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Place details
- Locality
- Μεσσήνη
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 6,773
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Messini
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Μεσσήνη
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Messinis.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Peloponnese
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Messenia
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 19170
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 562.1
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 8937
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 84.6
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 5958
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 5
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 242 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 27220
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΚΜ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Local train at Messini.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The old railway station.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Named after
- Messene
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 7722
- Elevation
- 20
- Image
- Local train at Messini.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2722
- Patron saint
- John the Baptist
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- located in/on physical feature
- Peloponnese
- Commons category
- Messene
- different from
- Municipality of Messene
- postal code
- 242 00
- native label
- Μεσσήνη
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Administration
- Province
- History
- Recent population growth
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Messini (, before 1867: Νησί Nisi) is a municipal unit (dimotiki enotita) and the seat town (edra) of the municipality (dimos) of Messini within the regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) of Messenia in the region (perifereia) of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided. Before 2011 the same hierarchy prevailed, according to Law 2539 of 1997, the Kapodistrias Plan, except that Messenia was a nomos and the Municipal unit was a locality (topiko diamerisma). The dimos existed under both laws, but not with the same constituents.
Messini (modern pronunciation) is not to be confused with its ancient namesake, Messene, located to the north in the shadow of Mount Ithome. Ancient Messene is an equally large but abandoned site of ruins partially occupied by the small village of Mavrommati.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Messini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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