Oichalia, Trikala

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Municipality of Oichalia or Ichalia
Δήμος Οιχαλίας
Dimos Oichalias
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Prefecture: Trikala
Province: Trikala
Municipality: Oichalia (seat)
Municipal district: Oichalia (seat)
Number of municipal districts: 6
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
39.435 (39° 26' 7") N
21.975 (21° 58' 40") E
Population: (2001)
-Municipality (Change)
-Town
-Percent of the municipality
-Percent of the prefecture
5,783 (-21.26% from 1991)
2,936
21.26%
3.73%
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
about 110 m
135 m
about 800 to 1,000 m (north)
Postal code: GR-421 00
Car designation: TK

Oichalia, also Oihalia, Ichalia and Ihalia (Greek: Οιχαλία) is a municipality in the southeastern Trikala Prefecture, Greece. Its 2001 population was 5,783 and is ranked fourth for the municipality, its town population was 2,936. It is also one of the municipalities in the prefecture that does not have settlements. Oichalia is located southwest of Elassona, west of Larissa, northwest of the city of Karditsa and east of the city of Trikala and is situated in the Thessalian Plain. It also serves as the seat of the municipality and it was known as Neochori. Oichalia is connected with the GR-6 (Larissa - Trikala - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa).

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[edit] Municipal districts

  • Georgianades
  • Klokotos
  • Krini
  • Oichalia
  • Petroto

[edit] Population

Year Settlement population Change Municipal population Change Percent of the municipality Percent of the prefecture
1981 3,221 - - - -
1991 3,271 +50 or +1.55% 6,567 - -
2001 2,936 -335 or -10.24% 5,783 -784 or -11.94 50.77% 4.18%

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.

[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

Oichalia 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 Trikala.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Northwest: Paliokastro North: Paliokastro
West: Pellinaio Gomfoi East: Farkadona
South: Karditsa Prefecture
Municipal districts of the municipality of Oichalia or Ichalia
Georganades | Klokotos | Krini | Oichalia or Ichalia | Petroto
Greece | Thessaly | Karditsa | Trikala | Gomfoi


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