Distomo

Distomo also may refer to a work by Frederico Garcia Lorca, see Distomo (literature)

Municipality of Distomo
Δήμος Δίστομου
Dimos Distomou Statistics Prefecture: Viotia Province: - Number of municipal districts: 2 (see below) Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
39.426 (39° 25' 37") N
22.671667 (22° 40' 4") E Population: (2001)
-
-Town
-Municipal district
-Percent of the municipality
-Percent of the prefecture
2,048
3,250
4,368
46.89%
3.33%

Altitude:
-lowest:
-centre:
Gulf of Corinth
218 m
about 2,000 m Postal code: GR-320 05 Area/distance code: 11-(00)30-26940 Car designation: BI Website: www.distomo.gr

Distomo (Greek, Modern: Δίστομο), older forms: Distomon is a municipality in the Boeotia Prefecture, Greece. Population 4,368 (2001). It is located 180 km west of Athens, 25 km west of Livadeia, 15 km south of Desfina and east of Delphi and Itea and southeast of Amfissa. It borders to the west with the prefecture of Fokida. It is accessible via the short GR-29 (Arachova - Distomo).

Distomo is known as the site of the massacre that was perpetrated by the German army against the local inhabitants during the Second World War.

One of the most important monuments of Byzantine architecture, the monastery of Hosios Loukas, is situated close to Distomo.

The municipality is small and only includes two villages and two settlements. The western part of the municipality is uninhabited, the land being barren, rocky grasslands unsuitable for agriculture.

Distomo is is one of the major aluminum mining towns in Greece (see Aluminum in Greece). It provides aluminum throughout the country as well as exporting to Southern Europe. Other industries include agriculture and services.

1 Nearest places
2 Subdivisions
3 Municipal districts
4 Population
5 History
6 Other
7 See also
8 External links
9 External links

Nearest places

Steirio
Distomo Beach/Paralia Distomou, south
Desfina, west

Subdivisions

Agios Nikolaos
Distomo Beach

Municipal districts

Distomo
Steirio

Population

Year Municipal population Change Municipal district
population Percent of the municipal
district Municipal population Percent of the municipality Percent of the prefecture 19815,604 - - - - - - 19912,156 -3,448 or -61.53% - - - - - 20012,048 -108 or -5.01% 3,350 61.13% 4,368 46.89% 3.33%

History

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the whole town was rebuilt by the mid to late 1950s. The village population boomed and aluminum was mined later on producing a part of its economy.

The population dropped dramatically by 60% between 1981 and 1991. The decline has slowed down in subsequent years (between 1991 and 2001).

Other

Distomo has schools, a few lyceums (middle schools), and its gymnasium (secondary school), churches, and a square (plateia). It also has schools across the municipality as well as one in Steirio.

External links

Official website
Distomo on GTP Travel Pages
Map and aerial photos:
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- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available

External links

Municipality of Distomo

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