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Encyclopedia > Karditsa (city), Greece

Karditsa was also the old name of Akrefnio

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Prefecture: Karditsa
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:

39.359/39°21'32' N lat.
21.921/21°55'9' E long
Population: (2001)
 - Total
 - Density¹
 - Rank

 3,318

 -/km²
Elevation:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
 -highest:

about 90 m
108 m(centre)
about 150 to 200 m
Postal code: 431 00
Area/distance code: 11-30-24410 (030-24410)-2 through 7
Municipal code: 2409
Car designation: KA
3-letter abbreviation: KRT Karditsa
Address of administration: 1 Artesianou St.
Karditsa 431 00
Website: www.cityofkarditsa.gr

Karditsa (Greek:Καρδίτσα ) is the name of a city, a municipality and of the prefecture in which it is located. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ...


Karditsa city is the capital of the homonym municipality and prefecture. Karditsa municipality has six regions: ... Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ...


Karditsa is in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The name probably comes from the Slavic word Gradica which means "little town" or "little castle". 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. Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... The Breathtakingly colossal Mountains of the Agrafa District. ... 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 is one of the largest cities in the prefecture and is also a municipality as well as a province. ... This page is about a city in Greece. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... 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). ... Ambracia (more correctly Ampracia) was an ancient Corinthian colony, situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf in Greece, on a bend of the navigable river Aracthus (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain. ... Trikala (Greek: Τρίκαλα) is a city and a prefecture 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 Giannena, Yiannena or Γιάννινα Giannina, Yiannina ; Albanian: Janinë or Janina; Aromanian: Ianina, Bulgarian: Янина Janina) is a city in Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000. ...


Karditsa has a school, lyceum, gymnasium, church, bank, post office, railway station on the Trikala–Karditsa–Domokos line, sports ground, water tower, and squares (plateies). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...


Historical population

Year Population Change
1981 27,532 -
1991 30,067 2,535/9.21%
Municipalities of Karditsa Prefecture
Acheloos | Argithea | Fyllo | Itamos | Ithomi | Kallifoni | Karditsa | Menelaida | Mitropoli | Mouzaki | Nevropoli Agrafon | Palamas | Pamisos | Plastira | Rentina | Selana | Sofades | Tamasio
Non municipal communes of Karditsa
Athamanon

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Karditsa Hotel - Greek Hotel Bookings : Karditsa (206 words)
Karditsa (Greek: ΚΑΡΔΙΤΣΑ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece.
Karditsa city is the capital of Karditsa Prefecture.
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.
Karditsa, Greece (287 words)
The city is also an important centre of knowledge, as based there are the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Thessaly, the Faculty of Wood and Furniture Technology and the Faculty of Forestry Technology of the Educational an Technological Institution of Larissa.
The western half of the prefecture is dominated by the Pindus mountains, famous for the Agrafa region of Greece.
Karditsa is bounded by Trikala to the north, Larissa to the east, Fthiotis to the southeast, Aitoloacarnania and Eurytania to the southwest and Arta to the west.
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