Gargalianoi Γαργαλιάνοι
Cathedral in Gargaliani
Gargalianoi Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°4′N 21°38′E / 37.067°N 21.633°E / 37.067; 21.633
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Municipality	Trifylia
• Municipal unit	122.7 km2 (47.4 sq mi)
Elevation	294 m (965 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Municipal unit	7,940
• Municipal unit density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Community [1]
• Population	5,569 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	244 00
Area code(s)	27630
Vehicle registration	ΚΜ
Website	gargaliani.gr

Gargalianoi (Greek: Γαργαλιάνοι) 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.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 122.680 km².^[3] It is situated 4 km (2.5 mi) from the Ionian Sea coast, 18 km (11 mi) north of Pylos, 21 km (13 mi) south of Kyparissia and 43 km (27 mi) 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
• Marathopoli
• Mouzaki
• Pyrgos
• Valta
• Tragana

Famous inhabitants

• Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who later anglicized his name to Theodore Agnew, father of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew^[4]
• 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