Polydrosos Explained

Polydrosos
Name Local:	Πολύδροσος
Type:	community
Periph:	Central Greece
Periphunit:	Phocis
Pop Community:	1027
Population As Of:	2021
Area Community:	38.672
Coordinates:	38.64°N 53.9°W
Postal Code:	330 51
Area Code:	+30-2234
Licence:	AM
Caption Skyline:	Panorama of Polydrosos.
Elevation:	384

Polydrosos is a village and a community of the Delphi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Parnassos, of which it was a municipal district.^[1] The community of Polydrosos covers an area of 38.672 km².^[2]

History

Signs of civilization in the area are going back in the early-Greek era (3rd millennium BC). After the destruction of some phocis cities and settlements from Philip II of Macedon, the ancient city of Lilaea merged with the near town of Erochus that was placed in the nowadays Polydrosos cemetery area.^[3]

Administrative division

The community of Polydrosos consists of three separate settlements:

• Ano Polydrosos (population 13 as of 2021)
• Livadi (uninhabited)
• Polydrosos (population 1,014)

See also

• List of settlements in Phocis

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.
3. Web site: Tsaroucha . Α . Lilaia and Polydroso .