Phthiotis

This article is about the modern administrative unit. For the ancient region, see Achaea Phthiotis.

Phthiotis Περιφερειακή ενότητα Φθιώτιδας
Regional unit
Municipalities of Phthiotis
Phthiotis within Greece
Coordinates: 38°54′N 22°32′E / 38.900°N 22.533°E / 38.900; 22.533Coordinates: 38°54′N 22°32′E / 38.900°N 22.533°E / 38.900; 22.533
Country	Greece
Region	Central Greece
Capital	Lamia
Area
• Total	4,440 km² (1,710 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	158,231
• Density	36/km² (92/sq mi)
Postal codes	35x xx
Area codes	223x0
ISO 3166 code	GR-06
Car plates	ΜΙ
Website	www.nafthiotidos.ondsl.gr

Phthiotis (Greek: Φθιώτιδα, Fthiótida, [fθiˈotiða]; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the Malian Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west, Karditsa regional unit in the north, Larissa regional unit in the north, and Magnesia in the northeast. The name dates back to ancient times. It is best known as the home of Achilles.

Geography

Thermopylae pass

Mount Oeta

Phthiotis covers the northern and southern shorelines of the Malian Gulf, an inlet of the Aegean Sea. It stretches inland towards the west along the valley of the river Spercheios. In the south it covers the upper part of the Cephissus valley. There are several mountain ranges in Phthiotis, including the Othrys in the northeast, the Tymfristos in the west, the Vardousia in the southwest, Oeta in the south and the Kallidromo in the southeast.

History

"Phthiotis" means "the region of Phthia", the southernmost region of ancient Thessaly around Pharsalus and home of Achilles. In Classical times, it also referred to the region of Achaea Phthiotis, which bordered on Thessalian Phthiotis to the south and east. Achaea Phthiotis covered the northern part of the present regional unit Phthiotis and the southern part of present Magnesia. The southeastern part of present Phthiotis was covered by the ancient region Locris, and the southwestern part was ancient Malis and Ainis.

Transport

E65, S, Cen., NE
Greek National Road 1/E75, SE, E, Cen., NE
Greek National Road 3, SE, S, Cen., N
Greek National Road 27, S, Cen.
Greek National Road 38, W, Cen.

Administration

Lamia

Ypati

The regional unit Phthiotis is subdivided into 7 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):^[1]

Prefecture

The prefecture Phthiotis and Phocis was created in 1845. In 1947 this prefecture was split into the southern part Phocis and the northern part Phthiotis. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Phthiotis was created out of the former prefecture Phthiotis (Greek: Νομός Φθιώτιδας). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.^[1]

New municipality	Old municipalities	Seat
Amfikleia-Elateia	Amfikleia	Kato Tithorea
	Elateia
	Tithorea
Domokos	Domokos	Domokos
	Thessaliotida
	Xyniada
Lamia	Lamia	Lamia
	Gorgopotamos
	Leianokladi
	Pavliani
	Ypati
Lokroi	Atalanti	Atalanti
	Dafnousia
	Malesina
	Opountia
Makrakomi	Makrakomi	Spercheiada
	Agios Georgios Tymfristou
	Spercheiada
	Tymfristos
Molos-Agios Konstantinos	Agios Konstantinos	Kamena Vourla
	Kamena Vourla
	Molos
Stylida	Stylida	Stylida
	Echinaioi
	Pelasgia

Provinces

Province of Domokos - Domokos
Province of Phthiotis - Lamia
Province of Locris - Atalanti

Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.

Persons

Thanos Livaditis (1934–2005)
Dimitrios Holevas

Sporting teams

References

1 2 Kallikratis reform law text PDF

External links

Media related to Fthiotis at Wikimedia Commons

Administrative division of the Central Greece Region

Area 15,549 km² (6,004 sq mi) Population 547,390 (as of 2011) Municipalities 25 (since 2011) Capital Lamia

Regional unit of Boeotia	Aliartos Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Livadeia Orchomenos Tanagra Thebes

Regional unit of Euboea	Chalcis Dirfys-Messapia Eretria Istiaia-Aidipsos Karystos Kymi-Aliveri Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna Skyros

Regional unit of Evrytania	Agrafa Karpenisi

Regional unit of Phocis	Delphi Dorida

Regional unit of Phthiotis	Amfikleia-Elateia Domokos Lamia Lokroi Makrakomi Molos-Agios Konstantinos Stylida

Regional governor Kostas Bakoyannis (since 2014) Decentralized Administration Thessaly and Central Greece

Prefectures of Greece

By name

By year established

1800s	1833 Achaea and Elis Aetolia-Acarnania Arcadia Argolis and Corinthia Attica and Boeotia Cyclades Euboea Laconia Messenia Phocis and Locris 1845 Phthiotis and Phocis 1864 Corfu Kefallinia Lefkada Zakynthos 1882 Arta Larissa Trikala 1899 Achaea Argolis Attica^c Boeotia Corinthia Elis Evrytania Karditsa Lacedaemon Lakoniki Magnesia Phocis Phthiotis Trifylia

1900s	1912 Chania Heraklion Lasithi Rethymno Sfakia 1914 Thessaloniki 1915 Argyrokastron^b Chalkidiki Chios Drama^d Florina Ioannina Kavala^d Korytsa^b Kozani Lesbos Preveza Samos Serres 1920 Adrianople^a Evros^d Kallipolis^a Rhaedestos^a Rhodope^d Saranta Ekklisies^a 1930–1944 Pella Kilkis Thesprotia Kastoria Xanthi^d 1947 Dodecanese Imathia Pieria 1964 Grevena Piraeus

^a In Eastern Thrace or ^b Northern Epirus, outside present-day Greece.
^c From 1971, Attica consisted of four prefecture-level units: Athens, East Attica, Piraeus and West Attica. From 1994, Athens and Piraeus were grouped into a single super-prefecture.
^d From 1994, Drama / Kavala / Xanthi and Evros / Rhodope prefectures were grouped into super-prefectures.

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