Melivoia Explained

Melivoia
Name Local:Μελίβοια
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Thessaly
Periphunit:Larissa
Pop Municunit:2391
Pop Community:1245
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:197.633
Area Community:82.858
Elevation:329
Coordinates:39.75°N 70°W
Postal Code:400 03
Licence:ΡΙ

Melivoia (Greek: Μελίβοια) is a town and a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agia, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 197.633 km2.[2] The seat of the municipality was in Kato Sotiritsa. Melivoia is located east of Larissa, the capital of the regional unit and Thessaly, and a few kilometers north of Agia. The municipal unit stretches along the Aegean Sea coast, at the foot of Mount Ossa. It was named after the ancient city Meliboea. The municipal unit borders on Magnesia to the southeast.

Subdivisions

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

Population

Year Settlement population Community population Municipal unit population
1981 1,926 - -
1991 1,629 - 3,278
2001 1,344 1,898 3,472
2011 805 1,173 2,195
2021 847 1,245 2,391

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. 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 .