Trifylia

For ancient region, see Triphylia.

Trifylia Τριφυλία
Trifyllia municipality
Trifylia
Location within the region
Coordinates:
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Area
• Municipality	602.8 km2 (232.7 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Municipality	27,373
• Municipality density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Trifylia (Greek: Τριφυλία) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia. It was named after the ancient Triphylia region.

Municipality

The municipality Trifylia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Aetos
• Avlonas
• Filiatra
• Gargalianoi
• Kyparissia
• Tripyla

Province

The province of Trifylia (Greek: Επαρχία Τριφυλίας) was one of the provinces of the Messenia Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Trifylia and the municipal units Dorio, Eira and Nestoras. The province was founded in 1833, comprising the northern part of the newly formed Messenia Prefecture. It was abolished with the administrative reform of 1836, but re-established in 1848. In 1899, along with the neighbouring Olympia Province (until then part of the Elis Prefecture, it formed the short-lived Trifylia Prefecture, which was abolished in 1909. The province of Trifylia was abolished in 2006.