Aspropotamos, Trikala Explained

Aspropotamos
Name Local:Ασπροπόταμος
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Thessaly
Periphunit:Trikala
Pop Municunit:218
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:297.082
Coordinates:39.6333°N 39°W
Postal Code:420 36, 420 37
Area Code:+30-2432
Licence:TK

Aspropotamos (Greek: Ασπροπόταμος meaning "white river") is a former community in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Meteora, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The 2021 census recorded 218 residents in the municipal unit. The seat of the community was in Kallirroi.

Name

The community was named after the river Aspropotamos, a tributary of the Acheloos.

Geography

Aspropotamos is located in the southern Pindus mountains, in the westernmost part of Trikala regional unit, about 40 km west of Trikala and 20 km southeast of Metsovo. Aspropotamos covers an area of 297.082 km2.[2] The largest community in the municipal unit is Kallirroi (pop. 55).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aspropotamos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in parentheses):

Population

Year Population
1991 1,028
2001 1,404
2011 419
2021 218

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .