Oinofyta
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.
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.
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.
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