Tolofon

Tolofon
Τολοφών
Tolofon

Coordinates: 38°22′N 22°12′E / 38.367°N 22.200°E / 38.367; 22.200Coordinates: 38°22′N 22°12′E / 38.367°N 22.200°E / 38.367; 22.200
Country Greece
Administrative region Central Greece
Regional unit Phocis
Municipality Dorida
Population (2001)[1]
 • Municipal unit 3,073
Community
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration ΑΜ
Website www.fokida.gr/en/dim_tolofonas.html

Tolofon (Greek: Τολοφών, also Τολοφώνας) is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] In 2001 its population was 3,073. The seat of the municipality was in Erateini. The village was formerly known as Vitrinitsa. The ancient site of Tolophon is located in the northeastern part of the municipal unit. It is situated on the mountainous north coast of the Gulf of Corinth.

History and archaeology

The region of Tolofon along with the valley of Erateini were relatively densely populated in the prehistoric and early historic periods according, at least, to the archaeological finds. Architectural remains and burial traces dated to the Middle Helladic period have been excavated on the beach of Tolofon and around the rupestral church of St. Paraskevi. At the site of Mathiou (or Marathiou) there are some visible remains of a Cyclopean fortification, typical of the Mycenaean era, and some fortifications at the sites Bouhouri and Palaiokastro of Vitrinitsa are also extant. A Mycenaean settlement must have existed on the Pitha hill, as attested by the Mycenaean pottery and shards discovered on the spot. The same hill was inhabited also in later periods, as attested by the fortifications of the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Scholars identify the site as ancient Oeantheia, one of the main cities of western Locris, but there is no secure testimony to that identification. However, one has to admit that large part of the building material of the site has been reused, for example at the medieval tower on the foothill of Pitha and at the Church of the Evangelistria (Panagia Polyportou), a Byzantine church of the 10th-11th century A.D. Finally, at Marathias close to Erateini a burial within a pithos (large jar) dated to the 7th century B.C. revealed a large number of Corinthian vessels, particularly aryballoi, as well as a scarab made of fayence, on display now at the Archaeological Museum of Amfissa. These finds attest to the commercial relations between the two shores of the Corinthian Gulf.[3]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Tolofon is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Population

Year Village population Community population Municipality population
1981 - 637 -
1991 346 - 2,839
2001 300 619 3,073

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References

  1. ↑ De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
  2. ↑ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
  3. ↑ Pascual, J., 2013, Topography and History of Ancient Epicnemidian Locris, Brill Academic Publishers
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