Trikeri

Trikeri (Greek: Τρίκερι, Tríkeri) is a town and a former community in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Pelion, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] It lies at the westernmost point of the hook-like Pelion Peninsula on the Pagasetic Gulf. It also includes the offshore islands of Palaio Trikeri and Alatas. The municipal unit has a total population of 992 inhabitants (2021 census),[1] and a land area of 26.817 square kilometres (10.354 sq mi).[3] Its largest settlements are the towns of Trikeri and Agia Kyriaki (Greek: Αγία Κυριακή), both on the mainland.

This article is about the town on the Pelion mainland in Greece. For Trikeri Island, see Paleo Trikeri.
Trikeri
Τρίκερι
Municipal unit
Satellite view of Trikeri
Trikeri
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°06′N 23°05′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitMagnesia
MunicipalitySouth Pelion
Area
 • Municipal unit26.8 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
992
 • Municipal unit density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΒΟ

From 1947 the island of Trikeri was used as a concentration camp for female left-wing political prisoners during the Greek Civil War. The women and children were relatives of members of the EAM-ELAS, the resistance forces which had fought against fascist occupation during World War II.

In September 1949 political activists from other camps were sent to Trikeri, increasing the number of people held there to 4,700.[4]

References
  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. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. Victoria Theodorou (Ed.) 'The Trikeri Journal' in Eleni Fourtouni, Greek Women in Resistance, (Thelphini, 1986), pp. 105 - 111


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