Aspropotamos, Trikala

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Community of Aspropotamos Κοινότητα Ασπροποτάμου Aspropotamou
Statistics
Prefecture:	Trikala
Province:	Trikala
Number of communal districts:	8 (see below)
Community last created:	N/A
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	39.6243 (39° 37' 32") N 21.393 (21° 17' 34") E
Population: (2001) -Municipality (Change) -Town<br -Percent of the prefecture	1,404 (+376 or 36.66% from 1991) 1.02%
Altitude:  -lowest:  -centre:	about 500 m 1,040 m about 2,200 m Pindus
Postal code:	GR-420 30
Car designation:	TK

Aspropotamos (Greek: Ασπροπόταμος meaning the white river) is a community in the Trikala Prefecture, Greece. Population 1,404 (2001 census). The seat of the community is in Kallirroi (pop. 150). The community is named after the Aspropotamos River that flows in the municipality and is a tributary of the Acheloos. Aspropotamos is located west-northwest of Trikala northeast of Arta and east of Ioannina, in the westernmost part of Trikala Prefecture. With a land area of 297.082 km² it is the second-largest community (koinótita) in Greece (following Sidironero). The largest settlements in the community are Agía Paraskeví (pop. 296) and Kranéa (243).

Contents 1 Communal districts 2 Population 3 History 4 Other 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Communal districts

• Agia Paraskevi
• Anthousa or Anthoussa
• Chaliki
• Kalliroi
• Katafyto
  • Milea
• Krania
  • Doliana
  • Konakia
• Polythea
• Stefani

[edit] Population

Year	Settlement population	Change	Percent of the prefecture
1991	1,028	-	-
2001	1,404	+376 or +3.66%	1.02%

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 grew since the late 20th century.

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Other

Aspropotamos has a few churches, and many squares (plateia), its nearest hospital is in Trikala.

[edit] See also

• List of settlements in the Trikala prefecture

[edit] External links

• Local website
• Aspropotamos on GTP Travel Pages
• Map and aerial photos:
  • Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google orYahoo! Maps
  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 39°37′32″N 21°17′34″E / 39.62556, 21.29278Coordinates: 39°37′32″N 21°17′34″E / 39.62556, 21.29278

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