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]
The municipal unit Livadi is subdivided into the following communities:
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.
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 |