Tolofon is a village and a former municipality in Phocis

Phocis

Phocis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida

Dorida

Dorida is a municipality in the Phocis regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Lidoriki.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Its 2001 population was 3,073 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Erateini

Erateini

Erateini is a Greek village in the southern part of Phocis. It was the municipal seat of the municipality of Tolofon, it is Erateini is connected with the new GR-48 linking Antirrio as well as Patras and Itea along with Amfissa and the GR-27 and is also the E65...

. The village was formerly known as Vitrinitsa. The ancient site of Tolophon is located to the northeast.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Tolofon is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Elaia (Elaia, Agios Ioannis island)
• Erateini
  Erateini
  Erateini is a Greek village in the southern part of Phocis. It was the municipal seat of the municipality of Tolofon, it is Erateini is connected with the new GR-48 linking Antirrio as well as Patras and Itea along with Amfissa and the GR-27 and is also the E65...
  
  
• Glyfada (Glyfada, Dafnochori)
• Kallithea (Kallithea, Agia Eirini, Agios Nikolaos
  Agios Nikolaos, Phocis
  Agios Nikolaos is a village in the community of Kallithea and the municipal unit of Tolofon. It is in the southern part of Phocis, Greece. It has a nearby small bushy islet with the same name. Agios Nikolaos is connected with the new GR-48 linking Antirrio as well as Patras and Itea along with...
  
  , Agios Nikolaos island, Agios Spyridonas, Klovinos, Prasoudi island, Flampourakia)
• Makrini
• Milea
• Panormos (Panormos, Ormos Lemonias)
• Tolofon (Tolofon, Paralia Tolofonos)
• Trizonia (Trizonia island, Chania, Spilia)

Geography

Tolofon is situated on a mountain slope. Farmlands are in the valley areas and much of the area are mountainous. The forests are in low lying areas as well as the mid-elevation, grasslands and barren land are in the higher parts. Its main industry area agriculture, businesses and tourism with some services.

Information

Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.

Population

Year	Village population	Municipal district population	Municipality population
1981	-	637	-
1991	346	-	2,839
2001	300	619	3,073

External links

• Official website of the municipality of Tolofon at fokida.gr
• Tolofon on the GTP Travel Pages

	North: Lidoriki Lidoriki Lidoriki is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. In 2001 the population was 4,225. Its area is 409.5 km² covering nearly one-fifth of Phocis. Lidoriki...
West: Efpalio Efpalio Efpalio is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 6,507 ....	Tolofona	East: Galaxidi Galaxidi Galaxidi , is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi, of which it is a municipal unit. It has a small harbor on the Gulf of Corinth. The Greek National Road 48/E65 connects Galaxidi with...
	South: Gulf of Corinth Gulf of Corinth The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece...