Gonnoi


Gonnoi is a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tempi, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,462. The municipal unit has an area of 113.333 km2. The municipality was created under the Kapodistrias Law in 1997 out of the former communes of Gonnoi, Kallipefki, Itea and Elaia. About southeast of the town lies the site of the ancient city of Gonnus, after which the present town is named.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Gonnoi is subdivided into the following communities :
YearSettlement populationMunicipal district populationMunicipality population
19812,660--
19912,443-3,622
20012,1902,2883,119
20111,9091,9832,462

History

The ancient city of Gonnoi was situated in a hillside near the contemporary Gonnoi, now called "Kastri". The area was consecutively ruled by the Kingdom of Macedonia, the Roman, the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires. With most of Thessaly, Gonnoi became a part of Greece in 1881.