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Elassona
Elassona; Ελασσόνα
	Location
	; Elassona
Coordinates	39°53′N 22°11′E / 39.883°N 22.183°ECoordinates: 39°53′N 22°11′E / 39.883°N 22.183°E
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	Thessaly
Prefecture:	Larissa
Population statistics (as of 2001)
	City
- Population:	7,233
	Municipality
- Population:	14,563
- Area:	348.888 km2 (135 sq mi)
- Density:	42 /km2 (108 /sq mi)
	Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max):	300 - 311 m (984 - 1020 ft)
Postal:	402 00
Telephone:	2410
Auto:	ΡΙ
	Website
	www.elassona.com.gr

Elassona or Elasona (Greek: Ελασσόνα; older form: Elasson Ἐλασσών, gen.: Ἐλασσῶνος) is a town and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called Oloosson - Ὀλοοσσών and was a town of the ancient "Perrhaebi", known today as Thessaly. Its 2001 population was 7,233 for the town and 14,563 for the municipality. The municipality had a land area of 348.888 km² at that time. The town is ranked fourth in population in the prefecture when it is up to towns and cities. It is situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. Elassona is bypassed by the GR-3 (Larissa - Kozani - Florina).

Elassona is also a province in which it has six municipalities and three communes. The province has 52 settlements, village and towns.

[edit] History

Unlike the rest of Thessaly which was annexed, Elassona and the northern half of Thessaly did not join Greece in 1881 as its battle for Greek annexation was unvictorious, only in the Balkan Wars saw the area liberated from the Ottoman Turks on October 6, 1912 by the Greeks and finally annexed the municipality and the region as well as the northern part of the prefecture to Greece.

[edit] Subdivisions

[edit] Municipal districts

[edit] Population

(Statistics, 1981-2001)

Year	Town Population	Change	Municipal district population	Municipal population	Change	Density
1981	7,146	-	-	-	-	-
1991	7,225	+79 or +1.11%	-	15,637	-	45/km²
2001	7,233	+8 or +0.11%	7,762	14,563	-1,074 or 6.87%	42/km²

[edit] Geography

Its geography includes farmlands in the valley areas, the mountains to the west and east and forests in the west and east as well as grasslands, ledges are to be founded in some areas and barren area in the higher elevations.

The river Elassonitis (or Elassonitikos) and the Titarisio flow through Elassona and they both pour into the Pineios River, Thessaly's longest river. The river divides the town into two parts, the older city which is built on the Olympiotissa hill and is also Varosi or Varossi (Βαρόσι), and into the new sity which is in the right side of the bank of the river. These two parts of the city are connected by four bridges. The other part is near the Kefalovrysi Lake.

[edit] Transportation

Elassona is linked with the old GR-3 and is bypassed to the east. Elassona is located 70 km southwest of Katerini, 38 km NNW of Larissa (old: about 50 km), 22 km NW of Tyrnavos (old: 30 km), east of Deskati and Grevena and 78 km ESE of Kozani.

[edit] Municipal changes

Until March 15, 2006, Tsaritsani was part of the municipality of Elassonas and functioned as a municipal district. Under the law 3448/15-3-2006, Tsaritsani got separated from the municipality and declared a commune. The loss of its population and land leaves the remaining municipality with an adjusted 2001 census population of 12,056 and a land area of 291.097 km².

[edit] References

^ "Δείτε τη Διοικητική Διαίρεση" (in Greek). Hellenic Interior Ministry. www.ypes.gr. http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/D_diairesi.xls. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[edit] External links

Elassona.com.gr - Elassonas province (Greek)
Elassona (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages
Elassona (town) on GTP Travel Pages

Municipal districts of the municipality of Elassona
Drymo (Larissa), Greece \| Elassona (Aetorrachi \| Agionerio \| Mikro Eleftherochori) Evangelismos \| Galanovryssi \| Kefalovrysso \| Palaiokastro \| Stefanovouni (Lefki \| Valanida (Kleisoura)
Greece \| Thessaly \| Larissa Prefecture \| Elassona \| Olympos

[population-0] "Δείτε τη Διοικητική Διαίρεση" (in Greek). Hellenic Interior Ministry. www.ypes.gr. http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/D_diairesi.xls. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

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