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Meligalas

Field	Value
name	Meligalas
name_local	Μελιγαλάς
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Meligala.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	Peloponnese
periphunit	Messenia
municipality	Oichalia
pop_municunit	2785
pop_community	1228
population_as_of	2021
area_municunit	78.2
coordinates
licence	ΚΜ

Meligalas () is a town and former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oichalia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 78.193 km2. Population 2,785 (2021).

The town is known for the Battle of Meligalas, which took place on 13–15 September 1944 between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist Security Battalions. After the battle ELAS forces executed hundreds of Security Battalionists in an event that remains a point of reference and a rallying cry both for the far right and the left in Greece to this day.

References

"ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.

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