Oinofyta

Village in Boeotia, Greece

Municipal unit in Greece

Oinofyta Οινόφυτα
Municipal unit
38°18′N 23°38′E / 38.300°N 23.633°E / 38.300; 23.633
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Greece
Regional unit	Boeotia
Municipality	Tanagra
Elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	4,314
• Community	2,882
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	320 11
Area code(s)	22620
Vehicle registration	ΒΙ

Oinofyta (Greek: Οινόφυτα) is a village and former municipality in eastern Boeotia, Greece. Following the local government reform of 2011, it is now part of the municipality of Tanagra, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] It was formerly named Staniates (Στανιάτες) until 1927.^[3] Within the territory of the municipal unit lies the ancient town of Oenophyta, where the Battle of Oenophyta was fought in 457 BCE.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Oinofyta is subdivided into the following communities:

Agios Thomas
Kleidi
Oinofyta

In 2014 the village Dilesi was separated from the municipal unit of Oinofyta and made into a new municipal unit.^[4]

Historical population

Year	Town population	Municipal unit population
1981	2,555	-
1991	3,697	-
2001	3,137	8,195
2011	2,927	6,563
2021	2,882	4,314

Oinofyta has historically been an Arvanite settlement.^[5]

Pollution

In December 2007, official tests revealed that drinking water in Oinofyta was contaminated with high levels of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium, which is used as an anti-corrosive in the production of stainless steel, paint, ink, plastics and dyes. For decades, factories had been dumping waste in the Asopos River, whose waters run from red to black and ripple with bubbling sludge.^[6]

Peaple

Archbishop Ieronymos II was born in the settlement.

Transport

The village is served by the Oinofyta railway station on the edge of the village with Proastiakos trains to Athens and Chalcis.

Sport

G.S. Oinophyta Olympiad, football
G.S. Oinophyton, basketball

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ ΦΕΚ 179Α - 30/08/1927
^ Δ. Τανάγρας (Βοιωτίας), EETAA local government changes.
^ Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1991). Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland. Vol. 1. p. 18. ISBN 9783447027588.
^ River runs purple and contaminates Greek town