Oinofyta

Oinofyta (Greek: Οινόφυτα) is a village and former municipality in eastern Boeotia, Greece. Following the local government reform of 2011, it is now part of the municipality of Tanagra, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] It was formerly named Staniates (Στανιάτες) until 1927.[3] Within the territory of the municipal unit lies the ancient town of Oenophyta, where the Battle of Oenophyta was fought in 457 BCE.

Oinofyta
Οινόφυτα
Municipal unit
Oinofyta is located in Greece
Oinofyta
Oinofyta
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 38°18′N 23°38′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Greece
Regional unitBoeotia
MunicipalityTanagra
Elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
4,314
 • Community
2,882
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
320 11
Area code(s)22620
Vehicle registrationΒΙ

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Oinofyta is subdivided into the following communities:

  • Agios Thomas
  • Kleidi
  • Oinofyta

In 2014 the village Dilesi was separated from the municipal unit of Oinofyta and made into a new municipal unit.[4]

Historical population
YearTown populationMunicipal unit population
19812,555-
19913,697-
20013,1378,195
20112,9276,563
20212,8824,314

Oinofyta has historically been an Arvanite settlement.[5]

Pollution

In December 2007, official tests revealed that drinking water in Oinofyta was contaminated with high levels of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium, which is used as an anti-corrosive in the production of stainless steel, paint, ink, plastics and dyes. For decades, factories had been dumping waste in the Asopos River, whose waters run from red to black and ripple with bubbling sludge.[6]

Peaple

Archbishop Ieronymos II was born in the settlement.

Transport

The village is served by the Oinofyta railway station on the edge of the village with Proastiakos trains to Athens and Chalcis.

Sport
  • G.S. Oinophyta Olympiad, football
  • G.S. Oinophyton, basketball

See also
  • List of settlements in Boeotia

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. ΦΕΚ 179Α - 30/08/1927
  4. Δ. Τανάγρας (Βοιωτίας), EETAA local government changes.
  5. Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1991). Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland. Vol. 1. p. 18. ISBN 9783447027588.
  6. River runs purple and contaminates Greek town
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