Elassona or Elasona (Greek: Ελασσώνα, Turkish: Alasonya), older form: Elassonas is a town and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture in Greece. Its 2001 population was 11,970 for the town and 14,563 for the municipality. It 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, the mythic place of the twelve Olympian gods. Elassona is bypassed since the 1980s by the GR-3 (Larissa - Kozani - Florina). Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... Elassona or Elasona (Greek: Ελασσώνα, Turkish: ), older form: Elassonas is a town and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture in Greece. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the mountain in Greece. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the mountain in Greece. ... A listing of Greek mythological beings. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... Greece National Road 3 is a highway that is the old national road from Eleusis to Larissa, and near Tyrnavos to Elassonas and the new national road up to the border with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Niki and links with the M3. ... Coordinates 39°38′ N 22°25′ E Country Greece Periphery Thessaly Prefecture Larissa Population 124,376 source (2006) Area 122. ... Coordinates 40°18′ N 21°47′ E Country Greece Periphery West Macedonia Prefecture Kozani Population 49,812 source (2001) Area 366. ... Flórina (Greek: Macedonian: ), is a town in West Macedonia, Greece. ...

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

Subdivisions

• Aetorrachi
• Agionerio
• Mikro Eleftherochori

Municipal districts

• Drymo
• Evangelismos
• Galanovryssi
• Kefalovrysi
• Palaiokasro
• Stefanovouni
  • Lefki
• Valanida
  • Kleisoura

Population

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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.

Elassona is flowed by a river called the Elassonitis or the Elassonitikos and the Titarisio, both empties 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 in the new sity which is in the right side of the bank of the river. These two parts of the city is connected with three bridges and one historic bridge. Last, the other part is near the Kefalovrysi Lake. The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Peneus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. ...

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. Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Combatants Ottoman Empire Balkan League Bulgaria Commanders Nizam Pasha, Zekki Pasha, Esat Pasha, Abdullah Pasha, Ali Rizah Pasha Bulgaria: Vladimir Vazov, Vasil Kutinchev, Nikola Ivanov, Radko Dimitriev Serbia: Radomir Putnik, Petar Bojović, Stepa Stepanović Greece:Crown Prince Constantine, Panagiotis Danglis, Pavlos Kountouriotis Nikola Ivanov, Vasil Kutinchev, Radko Dimitriev The outcome... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

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. Katerini (Greek: Κατερίνη) is a town in Northern Greece, the capital of Pieria prefecture. ... Coordinates 39°38′ N 22°25′ E Country Greece Periphery Thessaly Prefecture Larissa Population 124,376 source (2006) Area 122. ... Tyrnavos (Τύρναβος) is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. ... Deskati (Δεσκάτη) is a municipality in the Grevena Prefecture, Greece. ... Grevena (Greek: Γρεβενά) is a town in Greece, capital of the Grevena prefecture, one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Coordinates 40°18′ N 21°47′ E Country Greece Periphery West Macedonia Prefecture Kozani Population 49,812 source (2001) Area 366. ...

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 separated from the municipality and declared a commune. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Other

Elassonas has schools, lyceums (middle school) gymnasia (high school), banks, churches, a post office, a few supermarkets, a police station, a health centre and a pharmacy and a square (plateia). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

External links

• elassona.com.gr - Over 300 pages and 1,400 photos on the Elassonas province (Greek)
• Elassona (Greek)
• http://users.hol.gr/~mpoumpas/ (Greek)
• Elassona (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages
• Elassona (town) on GTP Travel Pages
• Kallithea Elassonos' Homepage
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• Coordinates: 39°52′32″N, 22°10′55″E