Sarantaporo

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Sarantaporo
Σαραντάπορο
Sarantaporo is located in Greece
Sarantaporo
Sarantaporo
Location within the regional unit
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Coordinates: 40°04′N 22°03′E / 40.067°N 22.050°E / 40.067; 22.050Coordinates: 40°04′N 22°03′E / 40.067°N 22.050°E / 40.067; 22.050
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitLarissa
MunicipalityElassona
 • Municipal unit150.902 km2 (58.264 sq mi)
Elevation
840 m (2,760 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
2,455
 • Municipal unit density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Community
 • Population580 (2011)
 • Area (km2)26.958
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
402 00
Vehicle registrationΡΙ

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] Population 2,455 (2011). 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 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.

Subdivisions[]

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

Population[]

Year Town population Municipality population
1981 817 -
1991 938 -
2001 907 3,588
2011 580 2,455

History[]

The 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 . The area features archaeological findings dating back to the pre-Classical years up to the Ottoman rule.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  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.
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