Thespies ( el, Θεσπιές; before 1934: ''Erimókastro''Name changes of settlements in Greece
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Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

. A former municipality, which included the village, shared the same name. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Aliartos Aliartos ( el, Αλίαρτος) is a small town and municipality in the Boeotia regional unit, Greece, at 109 kilometres from Athens. The 2011 census recorded 10,887 residents in the municipality, 6,094 residents in the municipal unit and 4,847 in ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,793 (2011). The municipal unit has an area of 108.152 km², the community 12.725 km². Thespies is named after the ancient city of

Thespiae Thespiae ( ; grc, Θεσπιαί, Thespiaí) was an ancient Greek city (''polis'') in Boeotia. It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which run eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes, near modern Thespies. Histo ...

. Thespies or then Erimokastro used to be an

Arvanite Arvanites (; Arvanitika: , or , ; Greek: , ) are a bilingual population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded as settler ...

settlement of 1.095 people in 1907.

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Populated places in Boeotia {{CentralGreece-geo-stub