Potamia | |
Name Local: | Ποταμιά |
Type: | municipal unit |
Periph: | Thessaly |
Periphunit: | Larissa |
Population: | 3139 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Area: | 200.28 |
Coordinates: | 39.6833°N 26°W |
Licence: | ΡΙ |
Potamia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ποταμιά) is 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] Population 3,139 (2021). The municipal unit has an area of 200.279 km2.[2] The seat of the municipality was in Vlachogianni. The name of the municipality comes from the greek word "potamià" meaning "land with many rivers" (from potamòs, river).