Valanida
Βαλανίδα
Valanida is located in Greece
Valanida
Valanida
Coordinates: 39°55.6′N 22°2.8′E / 39.9267°N 22.0467°E / 39.9267; 22.0467
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitLarissa
MunicipalityElassona
Municipal unitElassona
Elevation
357 m (1,171 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Rural
450
Community
  Population559 (2011)
  Area (km2)58.354
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
402 00
Area code(s)+30-2493-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registrationPIx-xxxx

Valanida (Greek: Βαλανίδα, Greek pronunciation: [vala'niða]) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform, it was part of the municipality of Elassona, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2011 census recorded 450 inhabitants in the village and 559 in the community.[1] The community of Valanida covers an area of 58.354 km2.[3]

History

The settlement is recorded as a village and as "Valanida" in the Ottoman Tahrir Defter number 101 dating to 1521.[4]

Administrative division

The community of Valanida consists of two separate settlements:[1]

Population

According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Valanida was 450 people, a decrease of almost 30% compared to that of the previous census of 2001.[1][3]

Year Population
2001[3]643
2011[1]450

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. 1 2 "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. 1 2 3 "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. Ünal, Uğur; Budak, Mustafa; Bayram, Sabahattin; Yıldıztaş, Mümin (2013). Özkılınç, Ahmet; Coşkun, Ali; Sivridağ, Abdullah (eds.). Osmanlı Yer Adları: I - RUMELİ EYALETİ (1514-1550) (in Turkish). Ankara, Türkiye. p. 818. ISBN 9789751962386.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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