Gargalianoi () is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 122.680 km2. It is situated from the Ionian Sea coast, north of Pylos, south of Kyparissia and west of Kalamata. The Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos - Pylos) passes through the town.
Subdivisions The municipal unit Gargalianoi is subdivided into the following communities: Floka Gargalianoi Lefki (including Tragana) Marathopoli Mouzaki Pyrgos Valta
Famous inhabitants Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who later anglicized his name to Theodore Agnew, father of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew"Greek Town Welcomes Agnew", by Peter Grose, The New York Times, October 20, 1971, p. 2 Tellos Agras, Officer of the Hellenic Army during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem, born Ηλίας Γιαννόπουλος in Gargalianoi in 1952
Historical population
Year Town population Municipality population 1981 5,430 - 1991 5,184 7,609 2001 5,970 9,083 2011 5,569 7,940 2021 4,724 6,864
See also List of settlements in Messenia
References
External links gargaliani.gov.gr (in Greek)