- Dervenochori
Dervenochoria (Greek: Δερβενοχώρια from
Derveni and "-choria"villages ) is a municipality in theBoeotia Prefecture ,Greece . Its 2001 population was 2,191, its density was 9.83/km². Its area is 228.9 km² and covers the southernmost portion of the prefecture and covers a tenth of Viotia. The seat of the municipality is in Pyli. The postal code boundary dividing the 100 00s and the 300 00s is between Pyli and Skourta.Municipal districts
*Dafni
*Pyli
**Panakto
**Prasino
*Skourta
*StefaniGeography
Its geography consists of grasslands and bushes to the south and west, forest in the midlands and to the east that connects with
Parnitha . Since the fire, many of them are burnt.ites of interest
Sites of interest includes the ancient
Panakto .History
After
World War II and theGreek Civil War , the whole town was rebuilt by the mid to late 1950s. Many of them are abandoned.The municipality was created in 1997.
Most of Dervenochori was hit by a drastic wildfire (see
2007 Wildfires in Greece ) on ThursdayJune 28 ,2007 that came fromParnitha westward, it went 15 km west in hours and hit the village by the afternoon, the fires was by its grasslands and by the time it reached, fire trucks, helicopters and planes were stopping the blaze from heading westward. Some damages to property including houses and buildings were reported. The aftermath was that much of the forest turned into an groggy ashy landscape that may take years to restore its natural beauty. Its fires continued drastically untilJune 30 and slowly disintegrated into sporadic parts and onJuly 2 , the fires had stopped on its entirely. It took hours to contain the blaze. Several mountain roads and trails may remain closed.Other
Dervenochori has schools, a few lyceums (middle schools), and its gymnasium (secondary school), churches, and a square ("
plateia "). Its nearest hospital is inEleusis (Thriasio ) and Viotia.External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=5716 Dervenochori on the GTP Travel Pages]
*Coordinates: coord|38|12|41|N|23|29|46|E|type:city(2,191)_region:GR|display=inline,title
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