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. It was formerly named Staniates (Στανιάτες) until 1927. Within the territory of the municipal unit lies the ancient town of Oenophyta , where the Battle of Oenophyta was fought in 457 BCE.
3-465: The municipal unit of Oinofyta is subdivided into the following communities: In 2014 the village Dilesi was separated from the municipal unit of Oinofyta and made into a new municipal unit. Oinofyta has historically been an Arvanite settlement. In December 2007, official tests revealed that drinking water in Oinofyta was contaminated with high levels of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium , which
6-528: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dilesi Dilesi ( Greek : Δήλεσι ) is a village and a municipal unit in Boeotia , Greece . It is part of the municipality of Tanagra , of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit consists of the communities Dilesi and Plaka Dilesi, both on the coast of the South Euboean Gulf . The population is 4,425 (2021). It is served by
9-582: 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. Archbishop Ieronymos II was born in the settlement. The village is served by the Oinofyta railway station on the edge of the village with Proastiakos trains to Athens and Chalcis. This Central Greece location article
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