Lichada Λιχάδα |
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Lichada
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Location within the regional unit
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Government | |
Country: | Greece |
Region: | Central Greece |
Regional unit: | Euboea |
Municipality: | Istiaia-Aidipsos |
Population statistics (as of 2001) | |
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- Population: | 1,140 |
- Area: | 137.3 km2 (53 sq mi) |
- Density: | 8 /km2 (22 /sq mi) |
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Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
Elevation (center): | 37 m (121 ft) |
Postal: | 345 00 |
Auto: | ΧΑ |
Lichada (Greek: Λιχάδα, older form: Lichas) is a village and a former community in Euboea, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Istiaia-Aidipsos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] In 2001 its population was 240 for the village and 1,140 for the community. Lichada is located at the western tip of Euboea, northwest of Chalkida, west of Istiaia and Aidipsos.
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Year | Settlement population | Community population |
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1981 | - | 1,016 |
1991 | 275 | 1,153 |
2001 | 240 | 1,140 |
Houses were damaged during World War II and the Greek Civil War, and rebuilt afterwards.
Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, an asphalt road in the late-20th century, and television in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s. Many houses are abandoned.
Lichada was struck by a forest fire in July 2007. It consumed about 10 square kilometres of land in the mountains. Several houses and properties were damaged and residents were homeless.
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