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Melivoia

Melivoia
Μελίβοια
Municipal unit
Melivoia is located in Greece
Melivoia
Melivoia
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°45′N 22°48′E / 39.750°N 22.800°E / 39.750; 22.800
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitLarissa
MunicipalityAgia
Area
 • Municipal unit197.633 km2 (76.307 sq mi)
 • Community82.858 km2 (31.992 sq mi)
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
2,391
 • Municipal unit density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
 • Community
1,245
 • Community density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
400 03
Vehicle registrationΡΙ

Melivoia (Greek: Μελίβοια) is a town and a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agia, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 197.633 km2.[3] The seat of the municipality was in Kato Sotiritsa. Melivoia is located east of Larissa, the capital of the regional unit and Thessaly, and a few kilometers north of Agia. The municipal unit stretches along the Aegean Sea coast, at the foot of Mount Ossa. It was named after the ancient city Meliboea. The municipal unit borders on Magnesia to the southeast.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Melivoia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Melivoia (Melivoia, Velika, Kokkino Nero, Koutsoupia, Paliouria)
  • Skiti (Skiti, Agiokampos, Kato Polydendri)
  • Sklithro (Isiomata, Rakopotamos)
  • Sotiritsa (Sotiritsa, Kato Sotiritsa)

Population

Year Settlement population Community population Municipal unit population
1981 1,926 - -
1991 1,629 - 3,278
2001 1,344 1,898 3,472
2011 805 1,173 2,195
2021 847 1,245 2,391

See also

References

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