Trifylia

For ancient region, see Triphylia.

Trifylia Τριφυλία
Municipality
Trifylia Location within the region
Coordinates: 37°14′N 21°40′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Government
• Mayor	Georgios Leventakis[1] (since 2019)
Area
• Municipality	616.0 km^2 (237.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	22,431
• Density	36/km^2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	Official website

Trifylia (Greek: Τριφυλία) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia.^[3] The municipality has an area of 616.019 km².^[4] 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:^[3]

• 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.^[5] 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. "Municipality of Trifylia, Municipal elections – October 2023". Ministry of Interior.
2. "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.
3. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
5. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (in Greek and French)