Eleftherochori, Phthiotis

Eleftherochori (Greek: Ελευθεροχώρι) is a village in Phthiotis, Central Greece. It is part of the municipality of Lamia, and the municipal unit of Gorgopotamos. According to the 2011 census, its population was 119.[1]

The village lies on the northwestern side of Mount Kallidromo, above the Asopos River ravine; to its east lay the castle of Myropoles (Μυροπώλης), now named Fylaki (Φυλακή), built under Justinian I in the 6th century and connected through a wall with Heraclea Trachis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ↑ Koder, Johannes; Hild, Friedrich (1976). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 1: Hellas und Thessalia (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 223. ISBN 3-7001-0182-1.

Coordinates: 38°45′49″N 22°27′22″E / 38.76361°N 22.45611°E / 38.76361; 22.45611

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