Karditsa (Καρδίτσα)
Periphery	Thessaly
Prefecture	Karditsa
Province
Population	37,768 (2001)
Metropolitan area population
Area	110.1 km²
Metropolitan area	km²
Population density	343/km²
Metropolitan pop. density	/km²
Elevation	108 m
Coordinates	39°22′ N 21°55′ E
Postal code	431 00
Area code	24410
Licence plate code	ΚΑ
Mayor
Website	www.karditsa-city.gr

Karditsa (Greek: Καρδίτσα) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. Karditsa city is the capital of Karditsa Prefecture. The name is linked to the location of Karditsa in relation to the rest of Greece the 'heart of Greece' (καρδια-kardia - heart). Thessaly is the first province of Greece which is referred as Hellas. The ancient populations of the territory lived there since 9.000 B.C. consisnting of Pelasgika - Paleoellinika phylla. Within the province of Karditsa is the region of the Agrafa high in the mountains. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the road to Karpenisi, and the road to Palamas and Larissa. Karditsa is south-west of Palamas and Larissa, west of Farsala and the Volos area, north-west of Athens, Lamia, Domokos and Sofades, north of Karpenisi, north-east of Arta, and east-south-east of Trikala, Grevena, Ioannina, and Kalampaka. File links The following pages link to this file: Kardhitsa Categories: GFDL images ... The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational divisions of Greece. ... Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... 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... Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Greek car number plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... The Breathtakingly colossal Mountains of the Agrafa District. ... Karpenisi (Greek: Καρπενήσι - Karpenísi) is a city in central Greece. ... The term Palamas can refer to: Palamas (Greek community), a community of Karditsa in Greece Kostis Palamas, Greek poet This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is the capital city of the Thessaly periphery of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture. ... Farsala (Greek: Φάρσαλα), ancient times: Pharsalus a city in Thessaly, in central Greece. ... Volos (Greek: Βόλος) is a city situated at the centre of the Greek mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína (IPA: )) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ... There are several different meanings of Lamia. ... Sofades (Σοφάδες) is a town in Thessaly, central Greece and it belongs to the prefecture of Karditsa (Καρδίτσα). ... Karpenisi (Greek: Καρπενήσι - Karpenísi) is a city in central Greece. ... Arta may refer to: Djibouti Arta District Arta, Djibouti Greece Arta Prefecture Arta, Greece Italy Piano dArta Ancient People Arta Kamuia or Arta Kamuio This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Trikala (Greek: Τρίκαλα) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. ... Grevena (Greek: Γρεβενά) is a town in Greece, capital of the Grevena prefecture, one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Ioannina (Greek: [Ιωάννινα], often Γιάννενα /janena/ or Γιάννινα /janina/; anglicized to Janina or Yanina) is a city in Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000 including suburbs. ...

Karditsa has schools, lyceums, gymnasium, church, bank, post office, railway station on the Trikala–Karditsa–Domokos line, sports ground, water tower, and squares (plateies). Karditsa is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in Greece with an extensive network of bicycle paths. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ... This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... This article or section should include material from Cycle path debate Segregated cycle facilities may consist of a separate road, track, path or lane that is designated for use by cyclists and from which motorised traffic is generally excluded. ...

Subdivisions

The municipality of Karditsa is divided into six parts (boroughs):

• Karditsa
• Karditsomagoula
• Artesiano
• Palioklissi
• Agiopigi
• Rousso
• Sarantapoura

Karditsomagoula (Greek: Καρδιτσομαγούλα from Karditsa and Magoula, a former name of a village because another Magoula is nearly ten kilometres west) is the biggest village in Karditsa county in Greece, with 2,500 inhabitants. ...

Historical population

1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Culture

• Photography & Cinema Amateurs Club - LEFKK

Sporting teams

• Anagennisi Karditsa (Football)
• AO Karditsa (Football)
• Asteras Karditsa (Football)

Anagennisi Karditsa (Greek, Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας), or ASA, the Anagennisi Athletic Club, (Greek, ΑΣΑ - Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αναγέννησης), is a professional football (soccer) club based in the city of Karditsa, Greece. ...

External links

• Mapquest - Karditsa