Agia, Larissa

Agia

Αγιά
Agia Αγιά
Municipality
	Agia Location within the region
	Coordinates: 39°43′N 22°45′E / 39.717°N 22.750°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Larissa
Area
• Municipality	661.79 km2 (255.52 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	189.49 km2 (73.16 sq mi)
• Community	27.150 km2 (10.483 sq mi)
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population (2021)
• Municipality	10,711
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	5,466
• Municipal unit density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
• Community	3,013
• Community density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	400 03
Vehicle registration	ΡΙ

Agia (Greek: Αγιά, romanized: Agiá) is a village and a municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Agia is located east of Larissa and south of Melivoia. The Mavrovouni mountains dominate the south and the Aegean Sea lies to the east.

Municipality

The municipality Agia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

The municipality Agia has an area of 661.79 km², the municipal unit Agia has an area of 189.487 km², and the community Agia has an area of 27.150 km².^[3]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Agia is divided into the following communities:^[2]

Province

The province of Agia (Greek: Επαρχία Αγιάς) was one of the provinces of the Larissa Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.^[4] It was abolished in 2006.

Population

Year	Town	Municipal unit	Municipality
1981	3,454	-	-
1991	4,014	7,411	-
2001	3,027	6,458	-
2011	3,169	5,855	11,470
2021	3,013	5,466	10,711

History

Agia became part of Greece, along with most of Thessaly, in 1881. Forests near Agia were affected by the 2007 Greek forest fires, leaving tens homeless. The fire consumed approximately 100 km² on Mavrovouni.

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

[census21-1] "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

[Kallikratis-2] "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.

[stat01-3] "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.

[census91-4] "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

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