Rapsani (Greek: Ραψάνη) is a town of the former municipal district of Kato Olympos, which is part of the municipality of Tempi in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece.
Rapsani
Ραψάνη | |
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  Rapsani | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′N 22°33′E / 39.900°N 22.550°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Larissa |
| Municipality | Tempi |
| Municipal unit | Kato Olympos |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 505 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Rapsani is sited at an altitude of 600 meters. The location of Peneus river at the level of the station Rapsani is a scenic landscape. The town is close (5 km) from a station that bears the same name.
History
editThe settlement is recorded as village and as "Rapşani" in the Ottoman Tahrir Defter number 101 dating to 1521.[2]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Ünal, Uğur; Budak, Mustafa; Bayram, Sabahattin; Yıldıztaş, Mümin (2013). Özkılınç, Ahmet; Coşkun, Ali; Sivridağ, Abdullah (eds.). Osmanlı Yer Adları: I - RUMELİ EYALETİ (1514-1550) (in Turkish). Ankara, Türkiye. p. 714. ISBN 9789751962386.
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