Dervenochoria () is a former municipality in
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Tanagra, of which it is a municipal unit.
In 2021 its population was 1,826. The municipal unit has an area of 222.938 km
2.
It covers the southernmost portion of Boeotia. The main village is
Pyli.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Dervenochoria is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
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Dafni
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Pyli (Pyli, Panaktos, Prasino)
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Skourta
*
Stefani
History
The municipality was created in 1997.
The region was a main passage from Boeotia to Attica; Dervenochoria comes from "Derveni villages" named after this passage (from turkic "derveni", "passage" named during the Ottoman times).
Most of Dervenochoria was hit by a devastating wildfire (see
2007 Greek forest fires) on Thursday June 28, 2007 that came from
Parnitha
Mount Parnitha (, , Katharevousa and ''Parnis''/''Parnes''; sometimes Parnetha) is a lightly forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and a summit known as Karavola (Καρα ...
westward. Some damages to property including houses and buildings were reported. The aftermath was that much of the forest turned into an ashy landscape that may take years to restore its natural beauty.
Dervenochoria was severely affected by
2023 Greece wildfires.
References
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Populated places in Boeotia
Tanagra