Gonnoi

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Gonnoi
name_local = "Γόννοι"
periph = Thessaly
prefec = Larissa


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elevation_max = 90
population = 3119
population_as_of = 2001
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elevation = 60
lat_deg = 39
lat_min = 52
lon_deg = 22
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postal_code = GR-400 04
area_code = 24950
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website = http://www.gonnoi-dimos.gr

Gonnoi or Gonni ( _el. Γόννοι), Roman and Ancient form: Gonnus, Greek form: Gonnos is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. Population 3,119 (2001),.The municipality was created under the Kapodistrias Law in 1997 out of the former communes of Gonnoi, Kallipefki, Itea and Elia.

Nearest places

*Municipality of Kato Olympos, north
*Municipality of Makrychori, south
*Municipality of Ampelonas, west
*Community of Ampelakia, east

Municipal districts

The municipality of Gonnoi consists of the following villages:

*Elia
*Gonnoi (the capital)
*Itea
*Kallipefki

Population

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world, the population declined between 1981 and 2001.

Ancient Gonnoi

In a hillside near the contemporary Gonnoi, called "Kastri" (ie castle), lies the ancient city of Gonnoi.

History

The area was later ruled by the Kingdom of Macedonia, the Roman, the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires, the final non-Greek rule lasted for several years, its name during the Ottoman rule was Dereli (Δερελή or Ντερελή), it saw the Greek War of Independence of 1821 to end its struggle but they lost and continued until 1881. Gonnoi fully became a part of Greece after liberating much of Thessaly in 1881, when Greeks from near places came to replace Turks that moved away. Its main income has been poor. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many buildings were rebuilt, several remain and repaired. Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

Other

Gonnoi has a school, a lyceum (high school), a gymnasium (secondary school) and primary school (Dimotiko) a few churches,a folklore museum, bank, a post office and a square ("plateia"), and Health Center (primitive health care).

ee also

*Larissa Prefecture
*List of settlements in the Larissa prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gonnoi-dimos.gr Official website]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=60136 Gonnoi (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=60136 Gonnoi (town) on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.866&longitude=22.466&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.866&lons1=22.466&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.866667,22.466667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=39.866667,22.466667 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.866&lon=22.466&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.866,22.466&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.866|22.466&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available