Troezen

Also known as Damalas, Troizen

Troezen (; ancient Greek: Τροιζήν, modern Greek: Τροιζήνα ) is a small town and a former municipality in the northeastern Peloponnese, Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia-Methana, of which it is a municipal unit. It is part of the Islands regional unit. In the 2021 census it had a population of 4,668.

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Locality: Δημοτική Ενότητα Τροιζήνος
Region: Περιφέρεια Αττικής
Country: Ελλάς
Population: 4,668
Timezone: Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Troezen
Greek Dimos.name_local: Τροιζήνα
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Trizinos.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: Attica
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Islands
Greek Dimos.municipality: Troizinia-Methana
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 4668
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 734
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 190.697
Greek Dimos.elevation: 23
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 180 20
Greek Dimos.area_code: 22980
Greek Dimos.website: www.dimos-trizinas.gr
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Troizina Village Main Square.JPG
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: Central square of Troezen

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Official website

ΔΗΜΟΣ ΤΡΟΙΖΗΝΑΣ - INDEX

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Official name: Τροιζήν
Country: Greece
Population: 611
Area: 40.597
Elevation: 64
Capital of: Trizina Municipal Unit
Official website: web.archive.org/web/20061205023252/http://dimos-trizinas.gr
Image: Troizen blossom.jpg
Dialing code: 2298

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Commons category: Troizina
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
postal code: 180 20
replaces: Troezen
native label: Τροιζήνα

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Troezen is located southwest of Athens, across the Saronic Gulf, and a few miles south of Methana. The seat of the former municipality was in Galatas. Before 2011, Troizina was part of the Argolis and Korinthos prefecture from 1833 to 1925, Attica prefecture from 1925 to 1964, Piraeus Prefecture from 1964 to 1972 and then back in Attica prefecture (in antiquity it was part of Argolis). The municipality had a land area of 190.697 km2. Its largest towns and villages were Galatás, Kalloní, Troizína, Taktikoúpoli, Karatzás, Dryópi, Ágios Geórgios, and Agía Eléni. It included numerous smaller settlements as well.

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