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Municipality of Agia
Δήμος Αγιάς
Dimos Agias
Statistics
Prefecture: Trikala
Province: Agia (capital)
Municipality: Agia (seat)
Municipal district: Agia (seat)
Number of municipal districts: 6
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
39. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes Larissa ( Greek: Λάρισα Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. The Provinces (eparchys according to Encarta Dictionary and Webster's Dictionary(επαρχία of Greece were sub-divisions of the country's 711 (39° 42' 43") N
22. 751 (22° 45' 7") E
Population: (2001)
-Municipality (Change)
-Village
-Percent of the municipality
-Percent of the prefecture
6,458 (-12. 86% from 1991)
3,027 (-24. 57% from 1991)
46. 88%
1. 08
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
about 110 m
135 m
about 800 to 1,000 m (north)
Postal code: GR-400 03
Car designation (as of 2006): PI

Agia (Greek: Αγιά) (also written Ayia) is a village and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) Greek Vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Larissa ( Greek: Λάρισα Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Population 6,458 (2001). Agia is located east of the capital of the prefecture and Thessaly, Larissa and south of Melivoia. Thessalia redirects here For the Butterfly Genus, see Thessalia (butterfly. Larissa ( Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is the capital city of the Thessaly periphery of Greece, and capital of the For the settlement in the Xanthi prefecture, see Melivia Xanthi Subdivisions Koutsoupia Paliouria The Mavrovouni mountains dominate the south and the Aegean Sea lies to the east. Mavrovouni may refer to several places in Greece: Mavrovouni Ioannina, a village in the Ioannina Prefecture part of the municipality Kalpaki Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Agia is also the capital of the homonymous province. Its nearest beach is to the northeast and southeast near Polydendro.

Contents

Municipal districts

Bounding municipalities

Population

Year Settlement population Change Municipal population Change Percent of the municipality Percent of the prefecture
1981 3,454 - - - -
1991 4,014 +650 or +18. For the settlement in the Xanthi prefecture, see Melivia Xanthi Subdivisions Koutsoupia Paliouria Nessonas (Greek Νέσσωνας is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. 81% 7,411 - -
2001 3,027 -987 or -24. 57% 6,458 -953 or -12. 86% 46. 88% 1. 08%

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world, the population boomed between 1981 and 1991 but declined between 1991 and 2001. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Greek Civil War (ο Eμφύλιος, "the Civil War" fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom

Industry

Its main industry are agriculture with a couple of businesses and services.

History

Agia fully became a part of Greece after liberating much of Thessaly in 1881. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Its main income has been poor. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many buildings were rebuilt, several remain and repaired. Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s. The worst event that arrived to Agia was the forest fire (see also Summer 2007 Wildfires in Greece), the fire began not far from Agia on June 27, 2007 and spread for kilometres reaching the town destroying several trees and houses leaving tens homeless, several others were mainly from larger towns and cities of Greece. The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007 Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It consumed approximately 100 km² on Mavrovouni, one view included the ashes seen as far as the mountain slope and the other unburnt. It saw views of burnt parts.

Other

Agia has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office and a square (plateia), its nearest hospital is in Larissa. Plateia or platia ( πλατεία) is the Greek word for Town square. Larissa ( Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is the capital city of the Thessaly periphery of Greece, and capital of the

External links

See also

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. This is a list of settlements in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece.
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