Thespies | |
Name Local: | Θεσπιές |
Type: | municipal unit |
Periph: | Central Greece |
Periphunit: | Boeotia |
Pop Municunit: | 3386 |
Pop Community: | 905 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Area Municunit: | 108.152 |
Area Community: | 12.725 |
Coordinates: | 38.3°N 32°W |
Licence: | ΒΙ |
Thespies (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Θεσπιές; before 1934: Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ερημόκαστρο Erimókastro[1]) is a village in Boeotia, Greece. A former municipality, which included the village, shared the same name. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aliartos-Thespies, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] Population 3,386 (2021). The municipal unit has an area of 108.152 km2, the community 12.725 km2.[3]
Thespies is named after the ancient city of Thespiae. Thespies or then Erimokastro used to be an Arvanite settlement of 1,095 people in 1907.