Olympiada | |
Name Local: | Ολυμπιάδα |
Type: | community |
Periph: | West Macedonia |
Periphunit: | Kozani |
Municipality: | Eordaia |
Population: | 537 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Elevation: | 670 |
Coordinates: | 40.57°N 57°W |
Postal Code: | 502 00 |
Area Code: | +30-2463 |
Licence: | ΚΖ |
Olympiada (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ολυμπιάδα), known before 1927 as Rakita (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ρακίτα), is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality.[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Ptolemaida, of which it was a municipal district.[1] The 2021 census recorded 537 inhabitants in the village.
Olympiada was first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as Rakita, had forty-five households and produced vines, honey, and swine.[2]