Trifylia
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Trifylia is a municipality in the Messenia
peripheral unit, Peloponnese Periphery, Greece
. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia
. It corresponds largely to the former Trifylia Province
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Messenia
Messenia is a regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided by the Kallikratis plan, implemented 1 January 2011...
peripheral unit, Peloponnese Periphery, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia
Kyparissia
Kyparissia 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 the seat and a municipal unit. The town proper has around 5,708 inhabitants. The town is located on Greek National Road 9,...
. It corresponds largely to the former Trifylia Province
Trifylia Province
Trifylia Province was a province in the Peloponnese, Greece, named after the ancient region of Triphylia.The province was founded in 1833, comprising the northern part of the newly formed Messenia Prefecture. It was abolished with the administrative reform of 1836, but re-established in 1848...
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Municipality
The municipality Trifylia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:- AetosAetos, MesseniaAetos is a village 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. Its 2001 population was 595 for the village and 3,264 for the municipality...
- Avlonas
- FiliatraFiliatraFiliatra , 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. It is passed by Greek National Road 9 and is located south of Kyparissia and Pyrgos, W of Kalamata and...
- GargalianoiGargalianoiGargalianoi is 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. It is passed by Greek National Road 9. It is located south of Pyrgos, Kyparissia and 15 km south of Filiatra,...
- KyparissiaKyparissiaKyparissia 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 the seat and a municipal unit. The town proper has around 5,708 inhabitants. The town is located on Greek National Road 9,...
- TripylaTripylaTripyla is a former community in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,089 . The seat of the community was in Raptopoulo....