Sarantaporo (Greek: Σαραντάπορο) is a village and a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Elassona, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 150.902 km2, and the community has an area of 26.958 km2.[3] The town is between the mountains of Kamvounia to the northwest and the Pierian Mountains to the northeast. The river Sarantaporos flows through the municipality. Sarantaporo is on the Greek National Road 3 (Larissa - Kozani - Niki). It is located west-southwest of Katerini, northwest of Elassona and Larissa, east of Grevena and south-southeast of Kozani.
Sarantaporo
Σαραντάπορο | |
|---|---|
  Sarantaporo Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°04′N 22°03′E / 40.067°N 22.050°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Larissa |
| Municipality | Elassona |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 150.902 km2 (58.264 sq mi) |
| • Community | 26.958 km2 (10.409 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 840 m (2,760 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 1,866 |
| • Municipal unit density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Community | 463 |
| • Community density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 402 00 |
| Vehicle registration | ΡΙ |
Subdivisions
editThe municipal unit Sarantaporo is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Population
edit| Year | Town population | Municipality population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 817 | - |
| 1991 | 938 | - |
| 2001 | 839 | 3,337 |
| 2011 | 580 | 2,455 |
| 2021 | 463 | 1,866 |
History
editThe village was originally a Slavic settlement founded under the name Glikovo. Unlike the rest of Thessaly, Sarantaporo did not join Greece until October 1912 when the town was liberated from the Ottoman Empire after the Battle of Sarantaporo, a Greek victory in the First Balkan War. The Sarantaporo Gorge was the strategic location for the battle. Sarantaporo became a municipality in 1994; one of the first to be created under the Capodistrian Law. The area features archaeological findings dating back to the pre-Classical years up to the Ottoman rule.
External links
editReferences
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.
- ^ "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.