Melivoia

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Melivoia
Μελίβοια
Melivoia is located in Greece
Melivoia
Melivoia
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Country Greece
Administrative region Thessaly
Regional unit Larissa
Municipality Agia
 • Municipal unit 197.6 km2 (76.3 sq mi)
Elevation 329 m (1,079 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit 2,195
 • Municipal unit density 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Community
 • Population 1173
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 400 03
Vehicle registration 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.[2] Population 2,195 (2011). 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):

  • Melivoia (Melivoia, Velika, Kokkino Nero, Koutsoupia, Paliouria)
  • Skiti (Skiti, Agiokampos, Kato Polydendri)
  • Sklithro (Isiomata, Rakopotamos)
  • Sotiritsa (Sotiritsa, Kato Sotiritsa)

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

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References

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  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)