Gargalianoi

Gargalianoi () 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. The municipal unit has an area of 122.680 km². It is situated from the Ionian Sea coast, north of Pylos, south of Kyparissia and west of Kalamata. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Pylos) passes through the town.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Gargalianoi is subdivided into the following communities:

• Floka
• Gargalianoi
• Lefki (including Tragana)
• Marathopoli
• Mouzaki
• Pyrgos
• Valta

Famous inhabitants

• Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who later anglicized his name to Theodore Agnew, father of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew
• Tellos Agras, Officer of the Hellenic Army during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
• Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem, born Ηλίας Γιαννόπουλος in Gargalianoi in 1952

Historical population

See also

• List of settlements in Messenia

References

External links

• gargaliani.gov.gr (in Greek)