Kallithea Elassonos

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Kallithea
Καλλιθέα Ελασσόνος
Statistics
Prefecture: Larissa
Province: Elassonas
Municipality: Olympos
Number of subdivisions: 2
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:

39.976 (39° 58' 39") N
22.286 (22° 11' 11") E
Population: (2001)
-Village<Lbr>-Municipal district
Percent of the municipality

738
678
18.89%
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
 -highest:

southern part
510 m
northeastern part
Postal code: GR-402 00
Car designation: PI

Kallithea Elassonos, also: Kalithea Elasonos (Greek: Καλλιθέα Ελασσόνος) is a village in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. It also serves the seat of the municipality of Olympos Its 2001 population was 678 for the village and 738 for the municipal district. Kallithea Elassonos is located southwest of Katerini, SSW of Greece's tallest mountain, Mount Olympus, north of Larissa, northeast of Elassona and SSE of Kozani. Its is linked with the GR-13 (Elassona - Katerini) as well as a road linking with Leptokarya.

Contents

[edit] Subdivision

  • Petroto

[edit] Population

Year Village population Change Municipal district population Percent of the
municipal district
Percent of the
municipality
1981 846 - - - -
1991 746 -100 or -11.82% - - -
2001 678 -68 or -9.12% 738 91.99% 18.89%

[edit] Geography

Kallithea is situated in a valley area, forests dominate much of the area, farmlands and groves dominate the valley areas as well as most of its hilly areas. Greece's tallest point, Mount Olympus is to the northeast

[edit] Information

Kallithea Elassonos also features a Panhelladic Motocorss.

[edit] Other

Kallithea Elassonas has a school, the municipality's only lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (high school), banks, churches, a post office, a police station, a health centre and a pharmacy and a square (plateia).

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