Livadi Explained

Livadi
Name Local:Λιβάδι
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Thessaly
Periphunit:Larissa
Pop Municunit:2413
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:158.273
Pop Community:2079
Area Community:140.90
Elevation:1160
Coordinates:40.1267°N 31.45°W
Postal Code:400 02
Area Code:+30-2493
Licence:ΡΙ
Website:www.livadi.gr

Livadi or Leivadi (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Λ[ε]ιβάδι) 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.[1]

In the Ottoman tahrir defteri of 1521, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name .[2] The village was founded by Aromanian agricultural and livestock farmers.[3] Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent municipality.[1] The community of Livadi covers an area of 140.90 km2 while the respective municipal unit 158.273 km2.[4]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Livadi is subdivided into the following communities:

Geography

Livadi borders Pieria regional unit to the northeast, and Kozani regional unit to the northwest. Livadi is located west of Pythio and Katerini, NNW of Larissa, north of Elassona and southeast of Kozani.

Population

Year Village population Municipal unit population
1991 3,164 -
1991 2,882 -
2001 2,515 2,983
2011 2,244 2,674
2021 2,079 2,413

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Book: Ünal, Uğur . Budak . Mustafa . Bayram . Sabahattin . Yıldıztaş . Mümin . Osmanlı Yer Adları I: Rumeli Eyaleti (1514–1550) . . 2013 . 978-975-19-6238-6 . Özkılınç . Ahmet . Ankara . VII–VIII, 42, 540 . 540 . tr . Coşkun . Ali . Sivridağ . Abdullah . Livadi k., Alasonya n., Alasonya kz., Tırhala l.: TD 101/20.
  3. Web site: Λιβάδι . 2023-02-12 . www.elassona.com.gr.
  4. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .