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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Gravia
|name_local         = Γραβιά
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Gravias.svg 
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|image_skyline      = 
|caption_skyline    = 
|city_flag          = 
|city_seal          = 
|coordinates        = {{coord|38|40|N|22|25|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_min      = 400
|elevation_max      = 1700
| periph = [[Central Greece (administrative region)|Central Greece]]
| periphunit         = [[Phocis]]
|municipality = [[Delphi]]
|population_as_of   = 2021
|pop_municunit = 1811
|area_municunit = 161.651
|pop_community   = 520
|postal_code        = 330 57
|area_code          = 26940
|licence            = AM
|website            = {{url|http://www.gravia.gov.gr}}
}}
[[Image:Gravia church PC070246.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Central church]]
[[Image:Gavia HaniPC070250.JPG|thumb|200px|right|[[Battle of Gravia|Gravia Inn]]]]

'''Gravia''' ({{langx|el|Γραβιά}}) is a village and a former municipality in the northeastern part of [[Phocis]], [[Greece]]. Since the [[Kallikratis plan|2011 local government reform]] it is part of the municipality [[Delphi]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 161.651&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref>

==Location==
The municipal unit Gravia is situated in the foothills of the mountains [[Mount Giona|Giona]] and [[Mount Parnassus|Parnassus]]. The northeastern part of the municipal unit covers the western end of the wide valley of the river [[Cephissus (Boeotia)|Cephissus]]. There are farmlands in the valley. The municipal unit borders [[Phthiotis Prefecture]] to the north and northeast. The [[Greek National Road 27]] connects Gravia with [[Itea, Phocis|Itea]], [[Amfissa]] and [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]]. Gravia is located south of [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]], northwest of [[Livadeia|Livadia]] and north of [[Amfissa]] and [[Itea, Greece|Itea]].

==History==
The name is of Slavic origin, pointing to a settlement of the area after the 6th century; initially it was the name of a local river (mod. Koukouvistianos), which was later transferred to a castle some 5&nbsp;km northwest of the modern settlement, above the [[acropolis]] of the ancient settlement of [[Pindus (city)|Pindus]].{{sfn|Koder|Hild|1976|p=167}} The castle was most likely built by the [[Fourth Crusade|Crusaders]] in the early 13th century, being mentioned for the first time in 1259, when the [[Prince of Achaea]] [[William II of Villehardouin]] crossed the local pass on his way to the [[Battle of Pelagonia]].{{sfn|Koder|Hild|1976|p=167}} In 1275 it was one of the castles ceded by the ruler of [[Thessaly]], [[John I Doukas]], to the [[Duchy of Athens]], as the dowry of his daughter [[Helena Angelina Komnene]].{{sfn|Koder|Hild|1976|p=167}} The castle's history is unknown thereafter, except for a brief mention in 1304.{{sfn|Koder|Hild|1976|p=167}}

Gravia is famous for the [[Battle of Gravia|battle of the Gravia Inn]], that took place during the [[Greek War of Independence|Greek Revolution of 1821]]. [[Odysseas Androutsos]] along with a group of Greek soldiers successfully repelled an attack from the Turkish army led by [[Omer Vryonis]] in May 1821.

==Municipal districts==

*[[Apostolias]]
*Gravia
*[[Kaloskopi]]
*[[Kastellia]]
*[[Mariolata]]
*[[Oinochori]]
*[[Sklithro, Phocis|Sklithro]]
*[[Vargiani]]

==Population==
{| class=wikitable
! Year !! Town population !! Municipal unit population 
|-
| 1981 || 918 || - 
|-
| 1991 || 887  || -
|-
| 2001 || 897 || 2,975 
|-
| 2011 || 604 || 2,073 
|-
| 2021 || 520 || 1,811
|}

==Sporting clubs==
*[[Androutsos Gravia]]

==See also==
*[[List of settlements in Boeotia]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book | last1 = Koder | first1 = Johannes | last2 = Hild | first2 = Friedrich | title = Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 1: Hellas und Thessalia | language = German | publisher = Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften | location = Vienna | year = 1976 | isbn = 3-7001-0182-1 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/tabulaimperiibyz0000unse }}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Gravia}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111107233734/http://www.gravia.gov.gr/ Official website of the municipality of Gravia]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Gravia
|North = [[Gorgopotamos]]
|Northeast = [[Amfikleia]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Parnassos (municipality)|Parnassos]]
|South = [[Amfissa]]
|Southwest = 
|West = [[Kallieis]]
|Northwest = [[Pavliani]]
}}

{{Gravia}}

[[Category:Populated places in Phocis]]
[[Category:Delphi]]
[[Category:Castles in Greece]]