Oichalia, Messenia

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Oichalia
Οιχαλία
Ichalia municipality
Ichalia municipality
Oichalia is located in Greece
Oichalia
Oichalia
<templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
Location within the region
Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Country Greece
Administrative region Peloponnese
Regional unit Messenia
Area
 • Municipality 420.6 km2 (162.4 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Municipality 11,228
 • Municipality density 27/km2 (69/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit 2,100
Community
 • Population 381
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration ΚΜ

Oichalia (Greek: Οιχαλία) is a village and a municipality in Messenia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Meligalas.[2] Oichalia is known for its rich expanse of olive trees and fig orchards. At its height the village boasted several cafes, a bustling farmer's market, and a popular open-air cinema run by the Limberopoulos family. Other families, such as the Hantzopoulos and Karbaliotis clans, the former a cobbler and the latter a butcher, helped make Oichalia the destination of choice for Messinians in need of footwear and quality meats.

Municipality

The municipality Oichalia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>