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Oinofyta

Summary

Oinofyta (Greek: Οινόφυτα) is a village and former municipality in eastern Boeotia, Greece. Following the local government reform of 2011, it is now part of the municipality of Tanagra, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] It was formerly named Staniates (Στανιάτες) until 1927.[3] Within the territory of the municipal unit lies the ancient town of Oenophyta, where the Battle of Oenophyta was fought in 457 BCE.

Oinofyta
Οινόφυτα
Municipal unit
Oinofyta is located in Greece
Oinofyta
Oinofyta
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 38°18′N 23°38′E / 38.300°N 23.633°E / 38.300; 23.633
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Greece
Regional unitBoeotia
MunicipalityTanagra
Elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
4,314
 • Community
2,882
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
320 11
Area code(s)22620
Vehicle registrationΒΙ

Subdivisions edit

The municipal unit of Oinofyta is subdivided into the following communities:

In 2014 the village Dilesi was separated from the municipal unit of Oinofyta and made into a new municipal unit.[4]

Historical population edit

Year Town population Municipal unit population
1981 2,555 -
1991 3,697 -
2001 3,137 8,195
2011 2,927 6,563
2021 2,882 4,314

Oinofyta has historically been an Arvanite settlement.[5]

Pollution edit

In December 2007, official tests revealed that drinking water in Oinofyta was contaminated with high levels of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium, which is used as an anti-corrosive in the production of stainless steel, paint, ink, plastics and dyes. For decades, factories had been dumping waste in the Asopos River, whose waters run from red to black and ripple with bubbling sludge.[6]

Peaple edit

Archbishop Ieronymos II was born in the settlement.

Transport edit

The village is served by the Oinofyta railway station on the edge of the village with Proastiakos trains to Athens and Chalcis.

Sport edit

  • G.S. Oinophyta Olympiad, football
  • G.S. Oinophyton, basketball

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ ΦΕΚ 179Α - 30/08/1927
  4. ^ Δ. Τανάγρας (Βοιωτίας), EETAA local government changes.
  5. ^ Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1991). Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland. Vol. 1. p. 18. ISBN 9783447027588.
  6. ^ River runs purple and contaminates Greek town

External links edit

  • Municipality of Oinofyta[permanent dead link]
  • Local Department of Agios Thomas