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Gravia (Greek: Γραβιά) is a municipality in the northeastern part of the
Phocis,
Greece. Its
2001 population was 897 for the village and 2,975 for the municipality. It is one of several municipalities in the prefecture that don't have settlements. The municipality is bounded with the
Fthiotida Prefecture to the north and northeast. Gravia is linked with the road linking with the
GR-27 (
Itea - Amfissa -
Lamia. Gravia is located south of
Lamia, northwest of
Livadia and north of
Amfissa and
Itea.
Municipal districts
Geography
Gravia is situated on a mountain slope. Farmlands are in the valley areas and much of the area are mountainous. The forests are in low lying areas as well as the mid-elevation, grasslands and barren land are in the higher parts. The
Parnassus mountains are to the southeast and the
Oeta mountains to the north. Its main industry area agriculture with some services. Not too many work outside the municipality.
Information
Schimatari has 2 km of local roads and approximately 20 to 25 km of hydro lines. Much of the houses were stone built until the
1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the
1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the
1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the
21st century and up to date technology are not seen.
History
Gravia is famous for the
battle of the Gravia Inn, that took place during the
Greek Revolution of 1821.
Odysseas Androutsos along with a group of Greek soldiers successfully repelled an attack from the Turkish army led by
Omer Vryonis in May 1821.
After
World War II and the
Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Its population also declined but it recovered between the
1991 and the
2001 census.
Population
| Year |
Population |
Change |
Municipal district
population |
Chagne |
Percent of the municipal district |
Percent of the
municipality |
| 1981 |
918 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1991 |
887 |
-31 or -3.38% |
3,361 |
- |
- |
- |
| 2001 |
897 |
+10 or +1,13% |
2,975 |
-386 or -11.48% |
30.15% |
6.16% |
Sporting clubs
Androutsos Gravia
Other
Gravia has a church, a lyceum (middle school) a gymnasium (secondary school), churches, banks, shops and a square (plateia).
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