title: Oichalia, Messenia
text: # Oichalia, Messenia
  
  Oichalia (Greek: Οιχαλία) is a village and a municipality in Messenia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Meligalas. Oichalia is known for its rich expanse of olive trees and fig orchards. At its height the village boasted several cafes, a bustling farmer's market, and a popular open-air cinema run by the Limberopoulos family. Other families, such as the Hantzopoulos and Karbaliotis clans, the former a cobbler and the latter a butcher, helped make Oichalia the destination of choice for Messinians in need of footwear and quality meats.
  
  ## Municipality
  
  The municipality Oichalia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
  
  * Andania
  * Dorio
  * Eira
  * Meligalas
  * Oichalia
  
  The municipality has an area of 415.433 $km^2,$ the municipal unit 59.060 $km^2.$
  
  