Pyrgos | |
Name Local: | Πύργος |
Type: | community |
Caption Skyline: | View of the village, with the tower hill in the background |
Coordinates: | 38.5156°N 23.0344°W |
Periph: | Central Greece |
Periphunit: | Boeotia |
Municipality: | Orchomenus |
Municunit: | Orchomenus |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 53 |
Pyrgos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πύργος Βοιωτίας) is a small village in Boeotia, possible site of Homeric Nisa (Iliad 2.508). [1] It is named after a ruined medieval tower, with a notable Mycenaean element, that overlooks the village from a nearby hill. The hill is dedicated to Agia Marina Pyrgos, or St. Marina of Pyrgos. The town forms part of the municipality of Orchomenos.
Population[2] | ||||||||
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Year | 1940 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |
Inhabitants | 317 | 382 | 292 | 249 | 210 | 205 | 221 |