Trifylia

Trifylia Τριφυλία
Trifyllia municipality
Trifylia
Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°14′N 21°40′E / 37.233°N 21.667°ECoordinates: 37°14′N 21°40′E / 37.233°N 21.667°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Area
• Municipality	602.8 km^2 (232.7 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	27,373
• Municipality density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Trifylia (Greek: Τριφυλία) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia.^[2] It was named after the ancient Triphylia region.

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:^[2]

• Aetos
• Avlonas
• Filiatra
• Gargalianoi
• Kyparissia
• Tripyla

Province

The province of Trifylia (Greek: Επαρχία Τριφυλίας) was one of the provinces of the Messenia Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Trifylia and the municipal units Dorio, Eira and Nestoras.^[3] 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. In 1899, along with the neighbouring Olympia Province (until then part of the Elis Prefecture, it formed the short-lived Trifylia Prefecture, which was abolished in 1909. The province of Trifylia was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
3. Detailed census results 1991 PDF (39 MB) (Greek) (French)